Outreach

We offer a range of talks, presentations and workshops to schools and colleges, designed to support students’ progression into higher education. These can be delivered either on campus or within your school or college.

School/college visits

Our Recruitment Team visits sixth forms and colleges across the North West, delivering talks and workshops covering topics such as:

  • Personal statements made easy
  • The UCAS process
  • Student finance
  • Student life
  • Reference writing for Teachers

Taster Days

Our Taster Days offer students an exciting opportunity to visit our campus and explore what the University of Liverpool has to offer. This includes the chance to tour our facilities, meet current undergraduate students, take part in education-based workshops and attend an academic session to broaden students' knowledge of teaching and learning styles in higher education.

We extend an open invitation to students from schools and colleges on Merseyside and beyond to attend.

We provide a series of activities including a tour of our Liverpool campus, subject lectures in Law, Criminology and Sociology, a seminar experience and ‘A Student View’ where students can talk to current University students studying within the School of Law and Social Justice. We aim to provide a unique insight into what the student experience at University of Liverpool is really like.

If you would like to book in for one of our taster events, please email Clare Kelly (c.kelly@liverpool.ac.uk) for future dates.

The Liverpool Scholars Programme

The University of Liverpool is committed to supporting talented students who wish to access higher education, regardless of their background. The Liverpool Scholars programme offers Year 12 students the chance to take part in a range of activities aimed at supporting their entry into higher education and preparing them for university, such as application guidance masterclasses, lectures and academic key skills workshops. These activities are delivered in partnership with academics, undergraduates and the wider University, culminating in Scholars completing an academic assignment. Through the Liverpool Scholars programme, we aim to nurture well informed, confident applicants who are well equipped for their University experience.

Benefits to students

After successfully completing the Liverpool Scholars programme, Scholars students will receive additional consideration when applying to study at the University of Liverpool. This is dependant on the student meeting all other admissions criteria (for example, interview performance, subject specific requirements and GCSE grades). This additional consideration will include:

  • A guaranteed conditional offer of a place at the University of Liverpool*
  • An offer reduced by up to two A Level grades or equivalent

Other recognition

Students who successfully complete the Liverpool Scholars programme and begin their undergraduate studies at the University of Liverpool will also receive the Liverpool Scholars Award (a non-repayable financial bursary to help towards tuition fees and living costs.)

Realising Opportunities

The University of Liverpool is a partner in the Realising Opportunities (RO) project. RO is a unique collaboration of leading, research intensive universities, working together to promote fair access and social mobility for students from groups under-represented in higher education.

RO was launched in August 2009 and provides able students with skills and information to help them to make informed decisions about their future and to raise their aspirations to progress to a leading research intensive university. Students are supported throughout the programme by their local RO university. Schools and colleges will be targeted by partner institutions to be involved in RO

Successful completion of the RO Programme gives students the opportunity to have their achievements recognised through UCAS, resulting in additional consideration and the potential for alternative offers from the RO universities. Realising Opportunities students who also complete the programme and transition to the University of Liverpool will be eligible for the the Realising Opportunities Award, a bursary of £2,000, available as a programme fee waiver of £2,000 or as a cash bursary of £2,000.

To take part in the Realising Opportunities (RO) Programme you must meet the eligibility criteria.  Applications to the RO Programme are made in the Autumn Term of Year 12.

For more information about Realising Opportunities, including eligibility criteria, please visit www.realisingopportunities.ac.uk or contact Lydia Redican.

Widening participation

Our Widening Participation and Outreach team offer a range of subject specific activities designed to inspire and encourage those from disadvantaged backgrounds, looked after children/care leavers, disabled students, adult learners and students from ethnic minority backgrounds who would like to enter higher education but lack any formal qualifications.

For adult learners who are keen to study for a degree but do not have any formal qualifications, we offer the Access to Higher Education Diploma and Go Higher Access Programme which can be studied part time over one year and provide a route onto a full degree programme.

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