Organisation aims / mission / values
- IntoUniversity provides local learning centres where young people are inspired to achieve.
- At each local centre IntoUniversity offers an innovative programme that supports young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to attain either a university place or another chosen aspiration.
- In 2002, three friends, Hugh Rayment-Pickard, Clare Richards and Rachel Carr, were involved in a local community project in North Kensington, a borough of social and economic extremes. Shocked by the scale of underachievement amongst Britain’s poorest families, these social entrepreneurs launched the IntoUniversity scheme.
- Our programme of support provides children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds with the help they need to achieve their potential. Academic Support:. Primary and secondary students come down to our centres for Academic Support, where they receive after-school help with homework, coursework, literacy and numeracy from trained tutors. We also offer one-to-one support with GCSE, AS Level, A2 Level and degree options, coursework, revision, exam techniques, UCAS forms, interview techniques and gap years.
- FOCUS:. The school curriculum gives little sense of the university experience of concentrated, passionate learning in a specialist area. The FOCUS Programme offers young people learning experiences which aim to immerse them in a single topic or subject area. It includes: primary school workshops and FOCUS Weeks ; secondary school workshops and holiday FOCUS activities; Extending Horizons weekends away; and after-school Careers in FOCUS. Mentoring:. Students aged 10-17 attending Academic Support have the opportunity to join our Mentoring Programme. They are paired with a university student who provides help with school work, social skills, and confidence-building. The mentors act as role models who have already made it to university, and encourage the young people to think about their futures and raise their aspirations.
- On our Corporate Mentoring Scheme Year 13 students are paired with graduates in full-time employment. They are supported throughout their final year of college and first year of university. Young people from our target groups are more likely to drop out of university in their first year than their peers, so with the help of their mentors they feel encouraged to continue with their study.
IntoUniversity North Kensington
