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Year 12 UCL widening participation departmental funding

10 February 2015

The UCL Widening Participation and UK Undergraduate Recruitment Office is now inviting bids from departments to run local versions of the final strand of activity, the Taster Courses.

Quad

Taster Course - up to £3000 per bid

The Taster Strand is designed to introduce students to your subject area.

Taster sessions can be offered to all age groups, from primary school to Year 12, although it is advisable to consider the needs of your department or subject. For example, if a relatively low number of under-represented students take A Levels that would prepare them to study your subject, then taster sessions for younger students should be considered.

Training is available for postgraduate students or staff who are new to working with young people.

Funding is available for activities ranging in length form half a day to two days. The Widening Participation and UK UG Recruitment Office will advertise taster courses and recruit and select a cohort of academically able students from target backgrounds, while the department is responsible for creating and delivering the academic programme.

Please note that this strand of activity is wholly distinct from the taster course programme run by the University of London. The deadline for submitting bids is Friday 13 February 2015.

UCL's Widening Participation Target Groups

The Widening Participation and UK Undergraduate Recruitment Office will advertise departmental summer schools and recruit and select a cohort of academically able students from target backgrounds. UCL's target groups are students who:

  • Would be the first generation in their family to go to university
  • Are from lower socio-economic groups (NS-SEC 4-8)
  • Are from neighbourhoods with low progression to higher education
  • Are entitled to free school meals
  • Are from an ethnic background under-represented at UCL
  • Have a disability
  • Are in local authority care

The Office will meet with departments to discuss any local priorities for widening participation, specific to a particular department (e.g. increasing the number of women applying for engineering programmes).

For further information, contact:

Gianpaolo Manalastas

g.manalastas@ucl.ac.uk

020 3108 4106 (int: 54106)

Application forms and guidance notes can be found here: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/widening-participation/staff/dept-funding