In-school and virtual activities

Date: Negotiable with your Widening Access contact

Length of session: 15 minutes (assembly) or 1 hour (workshop)

Description: This interactive session introduces higher education and challenges the myths surrounding university. The activities will help students to make informed decisions about the benefits of going to university and make students familiar with university terminology.

Learning outcomes: 1, 2, 4, 6

Gatsby benchmarks: 2, 7

Date: Negotiable with your Widening Access team contact

Length of session: 15 minutes (assembly) or 1 hour (workshop)

Description: This interactive session introduces higher education and challenges the myths surrounding university. The activities will help students to make informed decisions about the benefits of going to university and make students familiar with university terminology.

Learning outcomes: 1, 2, 4, 6

Gatsby benchmarks: 2, 7

Date: Negotiable with your Widening Access team contact

Length of session: 1 hour

Description: This engaging classroom workshop helps students to identify their skills, consider potential careers and explore progression routes.

Learning outcome: 2, 3, 5

Gatsby benchmarks: 2, 7

Date: Negotiable with your Widening Access contact

Length of session: 15 minutes (assembly) or 1 hour (workshop)

Description: This interactive session introduces higher education and challenges the myths surrounding university. The activities will help students to make informed decisions about the benefits of going to university and make students familiar with university terminology.

Learning outcomes: 1, 2, 4, 6

Gatsby benchmarks: 2, 7

Date: Negotiable with your Widening Access team contact

Length of session: 1 hour

Description: This engaging classroom workshop helps students to identify their skills, consider potential careers and explore progression routes.

Learning outcome: 2, 3, 5

Gatsby benchmarks: 2, 7

Date: Negotiable with your Widening Access contact

Length of session: 15 minutes (assembly) or 1 hour (workshop)

Description: This interactive session will give students advanced knowledge on university. We will cover key topics such as student finance, accommodation and support. Additionally, students will gain an insight into student life and discover the vast amount of benefits and opportunities available to them when studying in Higher Education (HE). 

Learning outcomes: 1, 2, 4, 6

Gatsby benchmarks: 2, 7

Date: Negotiable with your Widening Access team contact (subject to availability)

Length of session: Full day

Description: These events focus on equipping students with the necessary independent learning skills for their current and future studies. Throughout the day we will focus on reflective thinking and metacognition. We will also encourage your learners to develop their academic skills, this will help engage them in understanding how they think and prepare them for academic life at university.   

Learning outcomes: 1, 3, 6

Gatsby benchmark: 3, 7

Date: Negotiable with your Widening Access team contact

Length of session: 1 hour

Description: This workshop focuses on supporting your students with their mental and physical wellbeing. It also provides advice on how they can look after themselves in the run-up to their GCSEs, helping them manage exam anxiety.

Learning outcome: 3

Gatsby benchmarks: 2, 7

Date: Negotiable with your Widening Access team contact

Length of session: Negotiable

Description: Our team is always happy to come along to HE fairs, parents evenings, and options evenings to talk to your students and their families about university. If you have any events you would like us to attend, please get in touch.

Learning outcomes: 1, 5

Gatsby Benchmarks: 2, 7, 5, 8

Date: Negotiable with your Widening Access contact

Length of session: 15 minutes (assembly) or 1 hour (workshop)

Description: This interactive session will give students advanced knowledge on university. We will cover key topics such as student finance, accommodation and support. Additionally, students will gain an insight into student life and discover the vast amount of benefits and opportunities available to them when studying in Higher Education.  

Learning outcomes: 1, 2, 4, 6

Gatsby benchmarks: 2, 7

Date: Negotiable with your Widening Access team contact (subject to avalibility)

Length of session: Full day

Description: These events focus on equipping students with the necessary independent learning skills for their current and future studies. Throughout the day we will focus on reflective thinking, and metacognition. We will encourage your learners to develop their academic skills, this will engage them in understanding how they think and prepare them for academic life at university.   

Learning outcomes: 1, 3, 6

Gatsby benchmark: 3, 7

Date: Negotiable with your Widening Access team contact

Length of session: 1 hour

Description: This workshop focuses on supporting your students with their mental and physical wellbeing. It also provides advice on how they can look after themselves in the run-up to their GCSEs, helping them manage exam anxiety.

Learning outcome: 3

Gatsby benchmarks: 7

Date: Negotiable with your Widening Access team contact

Length of session: Negotiable

Description: Our team is always happy to come along to HE fairs, parents evenings, and options evenings to talk to your students and their families about university. If you have any events you would like us to attend, please get in touch.

Learning outcomes: 1, 5

Gatsby Benchmarks: 2, 7, 5, 8

Date: Negotiable with your Widening Access team contact 

Length of session: 1 hour

Description: We can deliver information, advice, and guidance talks virtually, in-person, or as pre-recorded content for your students to access at a time to suit them. We cover a range of topics, including: 

• Personal statements: stand out from the crowd
• How to choose: how to navigate the digital university search
• Is university for me?
• Student finance: all you need to know
• University survival: what happens once you've applied

Learning outcome: 4, 5 and 6

Gatsby benchmarks: 7

Date: Negotiable with your Widening Access team contact (subject to availability)

Length of session: Full day

Description: These events focus on equipping students with the necessary independent learning skills for their current and future studies. Throughout the day we will focus on reflective thinking and metacognition. We will encourage your learners to develop their academic skills, this will engage them in understanding how they think and prepare them for academic life at university.   

Learning outcomes: 1, 3, 6

Gatsby benchmark: 3, 7

Date: Negotiable with your Widening Access team contact

Length of session: 1 hour

Description: This workshop focuses on supporting your students with their mental and physical wellbeing. It also provides advice on how they can look after themselves in the run-up to their post-16 assessments, helping them manage exam anxiety.

Learning outcome: 3

Gatsby benchmark: 7

Date: Negotiable with your Widening Access team contact

Length of session: Negotiable

Description: Our team is always happy to come along to HE fairs, parents evenings, and options evenings to talk to your students and their families about university. If you have any events you would like us to attend, please get in touch.

Learning outcomes: 1, 5

Gatsby Benchmarks: 2, 7, 5, 8

'Careers in...' talks

Are your students passionate about a subject, but don't know what their future career could look like? If so, we invite you to hear from our academic experts and current students, who will discuss the exciting careers on offer within the industry, and share their experiences studying and working in their chosen field.

'Making it Real' subject events

We have developed a suite of on-campus, virtual and on-demand events and activities for you to choose from, giving you the opportunity to sculpt a package of activities that best suit the needs of your students.

These activities will open your students' eyes to how they can 'Make it Real' - from taster sessions in first-class facilities, meeting current students and successful alumni, to working on projects applying their knowledge to real-world challenges. 

Find out more about subject-specfic events and activities