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TFN May 2019 (360G-OCF-A515509)

Funding Organization
£250
Recipient Organization

Raises the aspirations of disadvantaged young people and provides a route to higher education.

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Grant Details

Amount Applied For 250
Amount Awarded 250
Award Date 2019-05-28T00:00:00+00:00
Beneficiary Location: Country Code GB
Grant Programme: Code 2019
Grant Programme: Title Undisclosed
Last Modified 2019-07-17T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Charity Number 1167240
Recipient Org: Company Number 10114061
Recipient Org: Description Universify Education is a charity committed to educational equality. We aim to increase access to highly-selective universities for students from disadvantaged backgrounds and to achieve our vision of a more diverse and inclusive higher education system. While ‘disadvantage’ comes in many forms we recognise it as students eligible for Free School Meals or Pupil Premium and other flags indicated by teachers, such as low progression rates to university in their area. We identified three barriers that disadvantaged students face when applying to highly-selective universities. These barriers include low aspirations, feeling out of place in a university setting, and limited attainment. We run a year-long programme for Year 10s aimed at tackling these barriers by increasing students’ aspirations, attainment, and the likelihood of making a successful application to a highly-selective university. Our programme starts with a week-long summer residential at the university of Oxford before students return at Easter for a 3-day GCSE revision weekend. Throughout the programme students receive monthly, 1-to-1, remote coaching by trained volunteers, who are recent or current undergraduates from UK universities. We use a longer runway than typical outreach interventions to boost GCSE attainment and to complement existing interventions, which mainly focus on Year 12.
Recipient Org: Postal Code OX1 2NA
Recipient Org: Web Address http://www.universifyeducation.com

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