Contact us

The Access and Widening Participation Office leads the development and implementation of UCL’s widening participation and fair access strategies.

General Enquiries

• Email: widening.participation@ucl.ac.uk
• Phone: 020 3108 6964

Policy and Strategy

Pre-16 Team

The Pre-16 Team run events and programmes for students in years 6 to 11, and also for parents, families and teachers.

• Our programmes and visits for years 6 to 11

Post-16 Team

The Post-16 Team works with students in year 12 and 13 in secondary schools, sixth form colleges and FE colleges. .

• Our programmes and visits for Year 12 and 13

Communications and Planning Team

The Communications and Planning Team coordinates UCL's external Widening Participation communications, and leads on the evaluation and monitoring of Widening Participation and UK Undergraduate Recruitment programmes. The team also leads UCL's contribution to Widening Participation research and policy. 

Teacher and Academic Liaison Team

The Teacher and Academic Liaison Team leads UCL's support for teachers and related professionals in their widening participation and access work, including leading on UCL's residential Teacher Summer School programme. The team also supports UCL's academic departments with the development of their own widening participation initiatives, and leads on internal and external communications.  The team runs UCL's Year 12 Summer School programme, Taster Days and Summer Challenge short courses.

• Y12 Summer Schools
• Summer Challenge
• Taster Days
• Teacher and Professional Engagement