120 Year 12 students experienced three days as university students at UNiFY 2017 at Keele and Staffordshire universities, funded by Higher Horizons+

New research, 'Bucking the Trend', explores why young men from economically disadvantaged backgrounds in the Midlands and North West choose higher education when so many of their peers don't.

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.

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.

Working in collaboration with Stoke-on-Trent City Council on a public health issue, Higher Horizons+ inspire learners and their parents to consider higher education. The ‘Make the Cut’ project set young learners in Stoke-on-Trent the challenge of making a film on a public health issue in just two days, with the help of film and media academics and students at Staffordshire University. These films would be screened to their parents and carers, fellow pupils back in school, and the wider community to educate them on the health dangers of smoking.