Opportunities subject to eligibility

There are opportunities available for students with specific backgrounds to help impact on building underrepresented groups at University.  For example, opportunities for:

• Students who are the first in their families to go to University

• BAME students

• SEN students

• Female students

• Students who receive free school meals

Please check the eligibility criteria for each opportunity carefully before applying and email careers@judd.kent.sch.uk with any queries.

Worcester College, Oxford - programme to support Black and Minority Ethnic applicants 

Open to BAME students in Years 11 and 12 

The programme consists of a number of visits to Worcester College, and will focus on different aspects of the application process, including: guidance on how to choose a subject and which subjects lead to which careers, support with personal statements, interviews, reading around the subject etc. Students can apply in Year 11 or Year 12.

There is no cost to the programme, and travel expenses to and from Worcester College to attend the events will be covered by the College.

 For more information, please go to https://www.worc.ox.ac.uk/applying/access-and-outreach/thinking-about-applying-oxford-or-cambridge/thinking. 

Legal work experience

If you are eligible for free school meals and/or your parents did not go to university, you may be able to arrange work experience with a law firm through its PRIME commitment scheme.

For more details visit:

https://primecommitment.co.uk

Cambridge University – Aspiring Scientist Work Experience Programme

This programme is open to students from state schools, aged 16+ who are currently pursuing A-level or IB qualifications in biology.

For one week, students can spend afternoons in a lab, learning and practising research techniques, attending interactive workshops in the mornings, and meeting scientists and researching a scientific topic in order to deliver a presentation at the end of the week. 

For further information and for eligibility criteria visit:

https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/public-engagement/workexperience?mc_cid=a9a66aae7b&mc_eid=783f1e2e28 

University of Southampton – opportunities for medics

Work experience placements

Two-day work experience placements at University Hospital Southampton for Year 12 students interested in pursuing a medical career. This programme provides students with information about careers in medicine, helps them to develop transferable skills and provides them with information to support their application to study medicine at university. Find out more about eligibility criteria and register your interest here

Widening Access to Medicine Easter Residential

Three-day Easter residential for thirty Year 12 students, designed to increase the applicant’s knowledge of the role of doctors and the training they undergo. The residential will provide opportunities to develop interpersonal skills, increase awareness of the undergraduate medical student experience and support students in their applications to study Medicine. Attendance is free, and includes a contribution towards travel costs. For more information, please click here

e-Mentoring Programme

WAMSoc is a student-led society that aims to help students from less privileged backgrounds to gain places at medical schools across the UK. The e-Mentoring programme pairs medical school applicants (mentees) with current medical students (mentors). Mentors then help students throughout their application to medical school, which can include personal statement review, UKCAT tips, interview advice and more! The programme is aimed to help increase the chances of getting an offer.  Students can sign up to be paired with a mentor here

Newcastle University PARTNERS programme

Through this programme you could:

Receive a lower conditional offer to Newcastle University

Attend the PARTNERS Academic Summer School

Develop skills necessary to be a successful student

Meet other students and increase your confidence

Receive support through the application process, on results day and after entering the University

https://www.ncl.ac.uk/schools/partners/eligibility/#eligibilitycriteria 

University College London – Access UCL: Contextual Offer Scheme

Access UCL is a scheme for students from groups that are underrepresented at UCL. Eligible students who successfully complete the Access UCL scheme may receive a reduced offer of up to two grades below the standard UCL offer for the programme of study they have applied for. 

Eligibility is based on home postcode and school data. For more information and to check individual eligibility, please visit: www.ucl.ac.uk/wp/access-ucl.