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We frequently travel to schools and colleges across the UK and around the world to deliver information and talks on different aspects of university life, including the benefits of Higher Education, how to choose a course and student finance. Our world-class academics are also able to offer insightful talks and lectures, to engage and inspire your students. 

We welcome schools and colleges to visit our campus throughout the year so that students can enjoy study skills or subject-specific taster sessions or study skills and get a real flavour for studying at university.

If you are not able to visit us, we are pleased to offer virtual campus visits, which can be designed to suit the needs of your students, and a range of recorded sessions.  

Please use our online enquiry form to book a visit, talk or fair for your students. (Please see below for pre-16 requests.)

You can download our Schools and Colleges Activity Guide (.pdf) to find out more about our events and opportunities to encourage students to consider and apply for Higher Education. 

School and College Talks
These talks we deliver in schools vary depending on what a school requests, we can combine talk topics and change the length of the talk to meet your needs.
Campus Visits
Campus visits are the perfect way to engage and inspire students, to expose the opportunities available to them and support informed decisions regarding their future.
Academic Workshops
Our workshops are designed to give your students a flavour of studying a subject at undergraduate level and can be delivered virtually, at your school or college or as part of a visit to our Colchester campus.

For all pre-16 activity requests, you will need to confirm whether 80% or more of the students you wish to bring to campus come from the Widening Participation groups listed below:

  • Students in receipt of Free School Meals (FSM);
  • first in the family to progress to University;
  • from areas where participation in higher education is low; 
  • from underrepresented ethnic backgrounds;
  • who live with a disability;
  • who are care experienced;
  • who are young carers;
  • estranged from their families;
  • who have experience of a social worker
  • from Gypsy, Roma or Traveller communities;
  • who are refugees or asylum seekers;
  • from military families;
  • mature students (aged over 21 at the start of an undergraduate course).
 
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If your school or college is planning to hold a higher education or careers fair, we are happy to come to talk to your students about the opportunities offered by university study. To invite us to your next Careers or Higher Education Fair, please complete our online form.

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