- Online events and activities
- HE Futures Plus programme
- Other Useful Resources
- Online Safety Guidance
- Your Feedback
Online events and activities
Click through the topic areas below for more information about our online events and activities.
To enquire about availability and to book any of these virtual activities for your school, please contact us via our Education Liaison email address.
Aspire to HE – Years 8 and 9
StudySMART (formerly HE Futures) – Years 10 and 11
EHU Literacy Challenge
HE Futures Plus programme
The HE Futures Plus programme is a sustained Widening Participation initiative which supports students from Year 9 through to Year 11 to find out more information about Higher Education and raise aspirations, whilst actively encouraging students to start planning to achieve their long term aims.
The programme includes the delivery of workshops and events which focus upon both the development of skills in the participating students, their plans for the future, and their knowledge of Higher Education. Eligible participating schools also receive priority access to some of our other pre-16 activities, as well as support with parent and carer events.
To be eligible for the programme, schools will need to meet our Widening Participation criteria. Upon joining the programme, schools will then need to identify students meeting our WP criteria to join the programme. As HE Futures Plus is a sustained, progressive programme that is designed for students to build upon their knowledge year upon year, the same students should participate in the programme throughout.
If you would like to discuss the programme in more detail or identify if your school is eligible to participate, please contact our Widening Access Team via [email protected]
Other Useful Resources
Webpages:
We have a host of useful and relevant videos and blogs available to watch around student life, course content and campus tours on our Edge Hill University YouTube channel.
As well as the Student Recruitment team’s virtual offer, our Faculty of Education has developed a dedicated ‘Links to Learning’ hub of resources to support engagement and learning over the coming months. The resources have been pooled from various sources and cover a wide range of different subject areas for students of all ages.
Students can also access our dedicated Your Future guide which provides guidance about Higher Education and also how GCSE and A Level/BTEC option choices relate to degree level study.
Virtual Session resources:
If you have attended or are planning to attend our Introduction to Higher Education and University virtual session, you may wish to read our Your Future Guide. The guide expands on the online sessions and provides guidance about Higher Education and also how GCSE and A Level/BTEC option choices relate to degree level study.
If you have attended or are going to attend our Your Future session, take a look at our careers resource sheet here.
If you have or are attending our Wellbeing and Moving Forward virtual workshop, you may wish to download our time management resource activity.
Online Safety Guidance
Edge Hill University’s Student Recruitment team understands the importance of young people being able to use the internet for education and personal development. This includes social media platforms, learning platforms, games and apps. We aim to support children and young people in making use of these in our work.
As such, we have developed guidance which aims to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and young people when using the internet, social media or mobile devices to access our virtual activities or content.
To find out more, please use the following links:
Online Safety – Code of Conduct for Young People
Online Safety – Information for Parents, Carers and Supporters
Your Feedback
Your thoughts and opinions on our outreach provision are really important to us and shape the content that we can provide. If you are happy to share your thoughts with us, take our five minute student feedback survey.
All of the feedback we receive will help to shape our provision for the next academic year and beyond, so please do let us know your thoughts!