UCS is dedicated to serving its communities by being a beacon for aspiration and achievement. We are committed to addressing the widening participation (WP) agenda and to making higher education accessible to all within the local community.
At UCS we are involved with a number of outreach activities which aim to widen participation and encourage more people to consider higher education.
Schools and Colleges Liaison
The Student Recruitment Team at UCS work with schools and colleges to inform students about the higher education opportunities available to them. To find out more click here|.
Widening Participation
UCS teams works hard to promote widening participation| (WP) in higher education.
Our role is to raise the awareness, aspirations and attainment of young people from under-represented groups in higher education. Our activities are aimed particularly at young people from disadvantaged social and economic backgrounds and people with disabilities. We run a number of widening participation events including residential and non-residential summer schools|.
Leap
The Leap Project was formed in 2007 by UCS, Suffolk Learning and Skills Council, Suffolk County Council and the East of England Development Agency.
The aim of Leap is to make access to education and skills as local as possible in response to the rural nature of the county and recognising the problems of transport to education provision.
Leap delivers free and impartial, high quality information, advice and guidance to everyone seeking education or training opportunities. Leap also works with businesses wanting to improve the skills of their workforce.
To find out more visit the Leap website|.
Bursaries
UCS understands how difficult it can be for students to afford to study and, therefore, offers a generous bursary scheme to full-time students from low income households. For further information click here.