With the Unite Foundation scholarship, you’ll have accommodation and bills covered for up to 3 years at university. That includes all through the holidays too, so you don’t have to wonder where to go during Christmas or summer. There are 95 places available on the scholarship in September 2024. You can apply for the scholarship if you’re:
25 or under
A statutory care leaver, care experienced (Scotland), or estranged from your family
Starting or studying your first undergraduate degree
Eligible for UK home fee status
Applying to one of the Unite Foundation’s partner universities (see ‘Where you can study’)
The University of Sunderland’s First Choice Progression scheme aims to equip students with the key skills required to be successful at university and support them in their journey towards higher education. The university work closely with local pupils to help build on vital transferable skills and lay the foundations for a successful university experience.
Barclay’s have joined forced with Freeform to provide ‘virtual work experience’ which will give you the chance to learn more about an industry and the skills you
Take a look at this directory of virtual work experience programmes in a range of different sectors so that you can explore your future options from wherever you are!
Help your students make good financial choices by covering topics from student finance and flat sharing to credit cards and cryptocurrencies using resources from WizeUp, a financial education charity.
Lists quality marked resources, allowing teachers to search by type, theme, key stage or subject. Young Money also runs an annual ‘My Money Week’, for which it supplies resources.
Take time to think about your Future by completing this Skills and Career booklet by Youth Employment UK.
Create your account and have access to free, weekly video mentoring sessions as you prepare to apply to your higher education study.