Advancing Access

📢 Big news! We’re teaming up with @Causeway_Edu to deliver @suttontrust 's Teacher Champions Programme from Sept 2025! 🎓 Free webinars on personal statements, admissions tests & more - all designed for teachers and advisers. 🔗 Learn more: advancingaccess.ac.uk/events/advanci…

📣 The Russell Group Conferences for Teachers & Advisers are back in 2026! Join us at: 📍 University of Sheffield — 4 June 📍 Queen Mary University of London — 22 June Sign up now: advancingaccess.ac.uk/events/russell…

Teachers and Advisers! Get Ready to Support Your Students with Their Student Finance Applications. Join our upcoming webinar, delivered by Ahmar Ehsan, on 18th March 2026 at 4pm or 6pm Secure your place here: advancingaccess.ac.uk/events/advanci… We look forward to seeing you there!

There's still time to sign up to our upcoming webinar on the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) on 24th February at 4pm! Sign up here to find out about the benefits of the EPQ: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… We look forward to seeing you there!

As part of #NationalApprenticeshipWeek, @UniofExeter’s Jonny Gurr has written a blog for @AdvancingAccess on the value of degree apprenticeships. Mixing academic study + paid employment, they also offer excellent outcomes for graduates - find out more: advancingaccess.ac.uk/blog/why-shoul…

Upcoming webinar! Staff from @UniOfYork and @BristolUni present “Exploring future paths with students” 🎓 🗓️ Wed 28 Jan ⌚ 4pm & 6pm 🔗 Register your free place: advancingaccess.ac.uk/events/advanci…

The UCAS Equal Consideration Deadline has now passed - congratulations to our network of teachers & advisers for their hard work approaching this key date in the UCAS cycle! Looking forward, what can teachers and advisers do now the deadline has passed? advancingaccess.ac.uk/request-a-cpd-…

Our Professional Development Day at Holly Lodge High School College of Science is underway! Staff from across the local area are attending three CPD sessions on Higher Education topics today. Thank you to @HollyLodge_B67 for hosting this event!

Happy New Year & welcome back to our network of teachers and advisers! We hope you had a restful winter break, and are ready for the new term🎓

Upcoming webinar❗️ We’re partnering with @suttontrust & @Causeway_Edu to deliver free webinars for teachers and advisers. 📅15 Jan 2026: Contextual Admissions - what they are, why they matter, plus key terms like IMD & POLAR. 🔗Register: advancingaccess.ac.uk/events/advanci…

What are contextual admissions, and how can they support your students? Read our latest blog article, "A guide to university contextual admissions policies", written by Laura Whitelock from @UniOfYork @york_outreach 🎓 advancingaccess.ac.uk/blog/a-guide-t…

Join our free webinar series for teachers & advisers, in partnership with The Sutton Trust and Causeway Education! 🎓 Running Jan-July with twice-daily sessions so you can join live & ask our experts questions. 🔗Register: advancingaccess.ac.uk/events/advanci…

As #CareLeaversMonth draws to a close, we’re spotlighting our Care-Experienced & Estranged Students Hub - a space for teachers, advisers & students to explore support across Russell Group unis, plus key CPD resources ⭐ Visit the hub now: advancingaccess.ac.uk/rg-care-experi…

With the UCAS Equal Consideration Deadline approaching (14 Jan 2026), many teachers will be thinking about personal statements📚 What guidance do you currently give students about using AI for their personal statement? 🔗Read our blog article here: advancingaccess.ac.uk/blog/should-yo…

Two weeks to go until our regional Teacher and Advisors conferences in Wales, the Midlands and London. Our agenda includes key insights into the admissions process and the impact of AI on students' decision-making. Secure your place now: exeter.ac.uk/study/teachers…

UAT-UK (by @Cambridge_Uni & @imperialcollege) has launched a new non-subject specific admissions test for 2026 entry - TARA (Test of Academic Reasoning for Admissions)📚 Learn more in our latest blog article: advancingaccess.ac.uk/blog/new-unive…

November is #CareLeaversMonth 💜 Teachers can make a big difference for care-experienced students. 📚 Read why young people should #TickTheBox on UCAS forms: advancingaccess.ac.uk/blog/do-you-kn… ⭐ Explore our new Care-Experienced & Estranged Students Hub: advancingaccess.ac.uk/rg-care-experi…

Research highlight⭐️Research from the Dental Schools Council highlights the outreach opportunities available for aspiring dentistry students, and how you can help students to reach a career in dentistry: dentalschoolscouncil.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

Join Teacher Champions🎓 We’re exploring Contextual Admissions - what they are, why they matter, and how teachers can guide students through the process. 📅15 Jan 2026 4pm webinar: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… 6pm webinar: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Reminder: The UCAS deadline for Oxbridge + most Medicine, Dentistry & Vet Med courses is tomorrow! 🎓 Get ahead: Teachers can request a free CPD session on “Interviews & Admissions Tests” from a Russell Group expert. 🔗advancingaccess.ac.uk/request-a-cpd-…

Our 2024/25 Annual Report is live! This year we: 🎓 Delivered 108 CPD sessions — reaching 130 schools & 1,400+ teachers/advisers 🎓 Welcomed 50,000 visits to our website 🎓 Hosted 1,000+ attendees at our Webinar Series Read more: advancingaccess.ac.uk/about-us/annua…