It is a sad fact that not enough young people who have been in care go on to Higher Education and attend university. In Bristol we have more care leavers in university than many other places but we always want to encourage more young people to think about this.
ECLAS Learning Mentors run a project called Aim Higher together with people from the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol and Bath Spa Universities. They offer visits to the different universities and activities where student ambassadors come and meet up with you. At the moment this is for young people living in or near Bristol but if you live further away ECLAS can help you find a similar project near you.
Also many universities run Summer schools for pupils in year 11 and 12. Your school and ECLAS will have details of these and should be discussing with you at your first PEP in year 11.
