Widening Participation activities
Below are some of the Widening Participation
activities where we engage with young people from areas of low
participation (year 6 to Year 11’s)
3 Day Residential Summer Schools ‘Is
University for me’ and ‘Access to the Health Professions’ ( year
10’s)
Extended days
Green Apples and Little Green apples ( York
Secondary Schools and Primarys)
North Yorkshire Coast Collaboration;
Scarborough, Whitby, Filey (Year 8 to year 11’s)
Wakefield Primary Schools and Secondarys
Wakefield Parents & Pupils Project
Campus Visits (Year 6, Years 9, 10 &
11’s)
Visits into Schools by Student Ambassadors
(Year 6 to Year 11’s)
NYBEP Speed dating with Industry ( Year
10’s)
Aspirations Days ( Year 11’s) Confidence,
Interview Skills, Revision Skills
Psychology STEM Masterclasses (Year 8’s
‘Pupils as Researchers’ on the theme of Bullying and Cyber
Bullying)
3 Day Business Challenge Year 10’s with the
Business School & NYBEP
NYBEP Starting Fresh Days for young people
who are potential to be not in education, employment or training
(NEET)
Looked after Children Mentoring ( Year 5 to
11’s) in conjunction with the York and North Yorkshire ELAC Virtual
Schools
‘Starting Blocks’; 10 week University Work
placements for careleavers (York Cares)
Childrens’ University, York Cares
‘Right to Read’ Staff volunteer reading
programme in Primary schools ( York Cares)