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

A personal story by Graham Moran…

Claire Jones / June 14, 2016

After leaving my degree studies at 18 years old, feeling like I never wanted to return to any form of higher education ever again, I felt wrung out, tired and wanted to explore the other side of the pavement. As…

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

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

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

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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What’s a typical Go Higher student?

Claire Jones / January 11, 2015

January is the time when the Go Higher application system speeds up for people wanting to commence study on our part-time access course in September, with a view to beginning their undergraduate degrees in September 2016 (applications are open now…

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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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