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The Access Project announced as National Tutoring Programme Tuition Partner
The team at The Access Project is delighted that our plans to help disadvantaged students through the National Tutoring Programme have been approved. This national effort to support students who have been most affected by the pandemic through high-quality tuition is...
“The films and novels I hold dear…have taught me so much about what it means to be black”.
TAP student Halima explains how studying the arts has helped her appreciate Black culture. In our latest Black History Month blog she explains why she hopes more BAME students will take up humanities at elite institutions in future…
“We cannot sit back and hope that British society will become fairer or more equal of its own accord…we all have a part to play.”
In Black History Month new TAP tutor Josh explains how a sense of injustice prompted him to volunteer and how historic inequalities still act as a barrier to social mobility.
‘Making contact with students from similar backgrounds is helping me to realise I’m not alone’.
In Black History Month TAP alumna Olamide explains what it’s like to be a black student at one of our oldest institutions, Oxford University, and her hopes for better representation there in the future.
Chair of Trustees Mary Curnock Cook awarded CBE in Birthday Honours
The Access Project is delighted that Chair of Trustees Mary Curnock Cook has been awarded the CBE for services to Further & Higher Education. Mary brought a wealth of experience with her when she joined the TAP board in 2013. She went on to become Chair of...