Feb 13, 2019 | Students, The Access Project, Tutors & Volunteering
My name is Megan, I am currently a student at the University of Birmingham studying Social Policy and Criminology. I was a student, like many others, not sure about what I wanted to do at university let alone as a career so when the talk of university began...
Feb 11, 2019 | Students, The Access Project, Tutors & Volunteering
Our tutors and students are featured in the Guardian today as we celebrate Women in Science Day. All of our tutors are continuously working to help break down barriers in education. The article reflects how our women in STEM tutors are inspiring and encouraging the...
Feb 4, 2019 | The Access Project, Tutors & Volunteering
I reckon I’ve travelled around the sun a fair few more times than many Access Project tutors: I’ve hung more years on the line. When I have been thinking about what I try to bring to the Access Project, as a mature tutor, I think of a graph. One axis represents the...
Jan 24, 2019 | Partners, The Access Project, Tutors & Volunteering
Ali Eastwood, Head of Consumer research and Science at Which? However optimistic you are, it can feel that few things in life reward you with a genuine win:win. Especially things which are new and untested, and which need a decent amount of work, drive and personal...
Jan 17, 2019 | Team, The Access Project
This Friday is my last day as Head of Midlands for The Access Project five years after I started, and what a five years it has been. Back in 2014 we had just been awarded a grant from NESTA to set up in the West Midlands, taking our small fledgling charity out of the...
Nov 27, 2018 | The Access Project
Our alumnus Tahmid Chowdhury is now an account manager at M&C Saatchi and the co-founder of his own charity, but he says such achievements once seemed like an impossible dream. “There’s no way I’d be where I am today without The Access Project and I think...
