Inspires 3 programme
Supporting a select cohort of 15 students over three years.
Pre-16 partner schools
Our Sussex Inspires programme supports primary and secondary school students to explore their future education options, through raising awareness of university pathways and aspirations.
Uni&You programme of events
Bringing together young people with experience of care.
Wider partner school activities: on campus
University-style learning through interactive subject tasters.
Wider partner school activities: in-school delivery
Bring university-style learning directly to your students.
Gypsy, Traveller, Roma, Showmen and Boaters
Supporting Traveller learners.
Programme overview
We offer a range of activities in which your school can participate, including:
Key Stage 3-4 programme
These activities aim to increase confidence in making informed decisions about higher education and raise confidence in post-16 study decisions. Activities include:
- intensive Inspires-3 programme
- year 7-11 subject-enrichment activities
- information, advice and guidance sessions
- supporting progression or career events
- year 9 campus visits
- parent support
- teacher CPD.
Attainment support programme
These activities aim to increase subject knowledge in Maths and English, metacognitive strategies and study skills. Activities include:
- year 10 Maths and English subject taster and skills day
- Maths and English tutoring support (limited availability)
- year 11 revision strategy support.
Benefits to participating partner schools
Our programme supports the schools involved in meeting the Gatsby Benchmarks for good careers guidance, namely:
- Benchmark 4: linking curriculum learning to careers
- Benchmark 7: encounters with further and higher education.
Evidence of impact
Activities are formally evaluated and bespoke school reports can be shared with partners to evidence impact.
You can find out more about our commitment to Widening Participation in our Access and Participation Plan.
Eligibility criteria
Our work aims to equip learners from under-represented backgrounds in HE with the awareness, advice and opportunities that they need to make informed choices about their future pathways.
Within school, some of our resources are available to all students, such as support for school events and University Life talks. Our more intensive support - e.g. campus-based activity, attainment raising programmes and specialised projects - are directed toward students who meet our Widening Participation criteria. These include:
- students who are or have been eligible for Free School Meals in the last five years
- students in receipt of Pupil Premium support
- students who are care experienced, previously care experienced, or adoptees
- students who are a young carer
- students who are the child of a Military Service Family
- students who are estranged from their family
- students of Gypsy, Roma or Traveller heritage background
- students who are a refugee or asylum seeker.
In addition, we also work with students who live in a postcode in deciles 1 and 2 of the Index of Multiple Deprivation.
If you are unsure or have any questions regarding this, please contact us at participate@sussex.ac.uk.
Contact
If you have any queries, email participate@sussex.ac.uk.