Hundreds of school and college pupils across Greater Merseyside are to get a helping hand from university students in exploring, selecting and applying for university courses as part of the new Aimhigher Associates scheme starting this month.
The mentoring scheme will see over 150 local university students provide long term individual and face-to-face support to more than 250 learners in 23 schools and colleges across the area. The mentors will offer support and share personal experiences aimed at smoothing the way from school and college to university study.
The scheme will support the building of long term relationships between university students and school and college students. Aimhigher Associates will work with the pupils to help raise aspirations and attainment levels. Associates will work with small groups of pupils for a minimum of 15 sessions during the year and will be on hand to provide support and guidance as they make important decisions about their education that will affect the rest of their lives.
John Denham, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, said;
"This initiative will build on the strong links many universities already have with schools and colleges while offering new opportunities for pupils to take advantage of one-to-one advice from students who have recently been through the process of choosing and applying for a university place themselves."
Schools involved:
Archbishop Beck Catholic High School
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
Gateacre Community Comprehensive School
West Derby Comprehensive School
The Mosslands School
Weatherhead High School
Chesterfield High & Sports College
St Michael's CE High School
Prescot High
Higherside Comprehensive School
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High
The Bankfield School
St Aelred's Catholic Technology College
Colleges :
Hugh Baird College
King George V College
Southport College
Carmel College
St Helen's College
Birkenhead Sixth Form College
Wirral Metropolitan College
Riverside College Halton
Knowsley Community College
Liverpool Community College
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