Much of the discussion about widening participation in higher education is couched in terms of school leavers. Of course, enabling disadvantaged or excluded teenagers to access University is vitally important, and something that the University of Liverpool puts at the…
Category: Widening Participation
Philosophy students take to the floor by Claire Jones
Go Higher philosophers have been delivering their individual presentations to the class. This is part of their assessment for Semester Two’s Philosophy module. Our students stood up in front of their peers, with a power point presentation or white board…
Doing Go Higher ‘Educating Rita’ Style by Paula Murphy, Class of 2012
There are probably a million and one different reasons why people become mature students. Many delay study because of family or work commitments, some are keen to study in retirement, and some people enrol to improve their promotion prospects at…
On choosing a degree programme by Claire Jones
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…
Introducing our new blog by Claire Jones
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…