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Uni Connect programme reaches one million young people

Research & Evaluation BLOG | 5 October 2022 By Uni Connect Uni Connect partnerships across the nation are excited to share recent news from programme funders, the Office for Students (OfS), …

SUN WIN PROVIDER OF THE YEAR AWARD

The SOUTHERN UNIVERSITIES NETWORK HAS BEEN AWARDED ‘PROVIDER OF THE YEAR’ AT THE EMPLOYERS BUILDING FUTURES AWARDS 2021 Presented by Enterprise M3 and The Careers & Enterprise Company, …

Clearing Plus: Clearing just got personal.

From today (Monday 6th July 2020) Clearing is live and with this year comes Clearing Plus, the shiny new tool from UCAS. This year UCAS estimate that there …

Navigating the aspiration trap: white working-class students and widening access to higher education

In October 2017 I met Mr Davis, a teacher at a school located within a small town in the Black Country in the West Midlands. I had recently …

COVID-19 Update

In accordance with recent government advice, the Southern Universities Network has decided to postpone all events and activities scheduled to take place between now and the end of …

Local students discover their potential through inspiring outreach initiative

Over 28,000 students in the South have benefitted from taking part in over 1,500 educational outreach activities provided by the Southern Universities Network (SUN) since 2017. The SUN …

TEDxYouth@Bargate NOVEMBER 2018

Well you’ve heard of TED talks, right? Talks and videos from across the world by extraordinary speakers who are sharing ideas with the global community.   On 21st November 2018 …

THE ONLINE SPOC AREA IS NOW OPEN

We are pleased to announce the launch of our online area dedicated to SPoCs. The SPoC Area features important information and guidance applicable to SPoCs, along with links to …

DRAMA HELPS YOUNG PEOPLE IN HAMPSHIRE & DORSET MAKE FUTURE CHOICES

Young people across Hampshire & Dorset are being encouraged to consider their future careers and develop their own style of learning with the help of an imaginative…

Unique research project explores the higher education barriers of white working class boys

At the end of 2016, Southern Universities Network commissioned two research projects which sought to examine the disadvantage experienced by white…