EMWPREP Closure Statement

The EMWPREP research and tracking service will be closing its doors this summer. Find out what this means for you and your data.

“You Are More Capable Than You Think” 

Lewis, a young male higher education graduate from Stoke-on-Trent

Lewis grew up in Newstead, Stoke-on-Trent. He was smart at learning things, especially in the sciences, but not always the smartest at being a student; he would mess around and coast, and educationally always seemed to be, as Lewis terms it, a “fish going upstream”, swimming against the current.  

The life of a proud Stokie at Oxford

Higher Horizons reports on the plumber’s daughter from the Potteries doing the degree of prime ministers at one of the most prestigious universities in the world. 

Uni Connect Launch

The National Collaborative Outreach Programme has been rebranded Uni Connect and will continue to be delivered locally by the Higher Horizons Partnership.

Fast Trackers Project Wins Award

The ‘Fast Trackers’ project, delivered in collaboration with Greater Manchester Higher, FutureU, Network Rail and Mott MacDonald, has been awarded ‘Graduate Initiative of the Year’ at the Construction News Talent Awards 2018.

New ‘Fast Trackers’ Project Launches

The Fast Trackers project will enable 140 young people from across Staffordshire, Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire who are studying STEM subjects, to visit employers and educational institutions to help inspire their education at a higher level.

The Mentoring Project

The Mentoring Project was a bespoke activity created for Paulet High School and Sixth Form in Burton. The project involved Y12 students mentoring Y8s within the school about higher education.