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Everyone Should Have The Chances I’ve Had
"When I got an email from my student to say he’d got a 7 (A) in GCSE English and an 8 (A*) in English Literature, I had to contain myself from shouting with delight in the office" says 27-year-old Emma, who works in publishing. Emma has been a tutor with...
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Achieving His Dream
Ahmed is 15 and sitting his GCSEs in June. He is really bright, and his teachers believe he has the talent to get the grades needed to go on to study biology, chemistry and psychology at A-level. His GCSEs are the first step to achieving his dream of going...
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University of Oxford launches cutting-edge partnership to get Birmingham’s most disadvantaged students into top universities
The Access Project has announced a groundbreaking new partnership that will see Keble College, Oxford, supporting our work with Colmers School in Rednal, Birmingham.
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Ensuring success for our students at university – The Access Project Alumni Programme
University drop-out rates among disadvantaged students are significantly higher than those of their more affluent peers, and those who do graduate are significantly less likely to leave with a 1st or a 2:1. Therefore, thanks to generous support from the UPP Foundation, we’ve designed a new Alumni Programme to offer support to students we work with once they are at university.
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Andrew Berwick to step down as CEO of The Access Project
Andrew Berwick has announced he will step down as CEO of The Access Project in December after leading the charity for five years.
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