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Author: Claire Jones

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On choosing a degree programme by Claire Jones

Claire Jones / March 23, 2014

Spring is always an exciting time on Go Higher. Our current students, who started with us part-time last September, have mostly got their offers though for places on their chosen degree programmes. This is when things get really serious. Their…

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‘Cousin Phillis’ from another perspective by James Bainbridge

Claire Jones / March 23, 2014

It is always interesting how individual students see a text from a contrasting perspective, depending on their life experience.  John made some different insights prompted by the text:

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Reflections on ‘Cousin Phillis’ by James Bainbridge

Claire Jones / March 23, 2014

Go Higher students typically bring surprising and thought-provoking reflections to class. This week’s Literature module was no exception:  our discussion of Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel Cousin Phillis prompted  personal observations and some real insight.  Written in 1864, the story describes the…

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Looking back at my Go Higher self by Julie McColl

Claire Jones / March 23, 2014

In October 2006 the second week of Go Higher, students were asked to write a short piece under the heading “Why I want to be a student on Go Higher”…this was my response:

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Introducing our new blog by Claire Jones

Claire Jones / March 4, 2014

This blog is written by the students and staff on Liverpool University’s Go Higher programme. We’ll be giving you the inside story on what it is like to study and teach on this innovative course which has been going at…

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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 2022 are open now. Apply at https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-and-social-sciences/go-higher/.

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