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Access to higher education at the University of Liverpool

Author: Claire Jones

Access to Higher Education, Mature learners, Student Experience, Student Stories, Widening Participation

A Go Higher Student’s Personal Story by Dominic Henry

Claire Jones / January 19, 2017

I’ll start with some information about me. In school I made the same cocky mistakes a lot of teens do; i.e. I decided there was no point going to school because, well, what could they possibly teach me that I…

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Access to Higher Education, Mature learners, Widening Participation

Anticipation, organisation, and lots of cups of strong coffee… By Claire Jones

Claire Jones / September 1, 2016

Go Higher students and staff work hard. Our access Diploma students begin their studies a full month before their fellow Liverpool students following undergraduate degree programmes. Next Tuesday, September 06, we will be welcoming some 92 new students on to…

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Access to Higher Education, Mature learners, Student Experience, Student Stories, Widening Participation

Twelve months later – by Lisa Hopkins, class of 2016

Claire Jones / June 9, 2016

Twelve months ago I was lost. Having left school at 15 I had no GCSEs, I found myself turned away from many institutions and possible career paths because of this. As taking GCSEs as an over 25 is no longer…

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The student view, half way through…. By Danial Latu

Claire Jones / January 26, 2016

For a number of years I had been wanting to return to formal learning as things did not go to plan the first time round when I was in high school. I left at the age of 13 as a…

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Access to Higher Education, Mature learners, Student Experience, Widening Participation

How to discover what you like to study – and what you don’t….

Claire Jones / November 6, 2015

Mature students returning to education after a long time out are often undecided as to what they may want to study as an undergraduate. This is true of many of our Go Higher Diploma students embarking on the part-time, one-year…

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What Go Highers do over the summer. By Claire Jones

Claire Jones / August 21, 2015

The formal Go Higher programme runs from early September to mid-May with our ‘graduation’ and celebration of success in July.  Most of our students progress on to undergraduate degrees after Go Higher and these start in late September. However, this…

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Taking the scenic route to Higher Education by Alex Carabine

Claire Jones / May 21, 2015

I never thought I would attend university.  I had so many failed attempts at higher education behind me that I was convinced I wasn’t smart enough, brave enough or good enough to be able to get through A levels, let…

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Versed in Go Higher by Paul Smith

Claire Jones / May 15, 2015

Wednesday was the last teaching day of Go Higher and most of our brilliant students are getting ready to begin their undergraduate degrees in September (after the small issue of getting their assessed assignments in later this month). We celebrated…

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What do you have to do to get a place on Go Higher? By Claire Jones

Claire Jones / April 8, 2015

This time of year is always interesting for the tutors on Go Higher as it is when we get to meet the people who may become our students next year. Applications are at their busiest now, as offers of places…

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On campus and online: life as a student on Go Higher by Claire Jones

Claire Jones / February 15, 2015

Since our students are only on campus for one day on a Wednesday, on Go Higher we use a range of strategies to support them during the rest of the week when they may be working, at home looking after…

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Nerves, trepidation & expectation: students’ reflections on their first day on Go Higher

Claire Jones / January 23, 2015

Starting something new nearly always prompts anxious feelings; however returning to study after a long time away from education is probably more daunting than most. We asked some past Go Higher access students, now all half way through their degree…

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Access to Higher Education

Go Higher is the University of Liverpool’s one-year, part-time, fast-track Foundation Diploma for mature learners progressing to degrees in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. The programme has a long history of helping hundreds of talented individuals in to higher education, many of them people who had assumed that university was beyond their reach.

No entry qualifications are needed. Applications for entry September 2023 are open now. Apply at https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-and-social-sciences/go-higher/.

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