{"id":27038,"date":"2021-02-11T12:08:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T11:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/?p=27038"},"modified":"2021-02-11T12:08:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T11:08:15","slug":"uniq-2021-applications-now-open-for-oxfords-access-programme-for-s5-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/uniq-2021-applications-now-open-for-oxfords-access-programme-for-s5-students\/","title":{"rendered":"UNIQ 2021 \u2013 Applications now open for Oxford\u2019s access programme for S5 students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniq.ox.ac.uk\/\">Apply Here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a completely free of charge access programme, UNIQ aims to encourage and support more students from backgrounds that are underrepresented at university.\u00a0 UNIQ is carefully designed to break down the barriers that can discourage some students from applying to Oxford\u2013 such as a lack of confidence or encouragement, absence of role models, understanding of financial support, outdated perceptions of Oxford and its students, or myths around our interview process. We have strong evidence that UNIQ works. Every year about a third of UNIQ students who apply to Oxford get offered a place. Last year all UNIQ courses were delivered 100% online and 231 of our online UNIQ students have now received offers from Oxford.<\/p>\n<p>Key things to know:<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Applications open 10 February and close 15 March 2021<\/u><\/strong><u> <strong>for 2,500 places<\/strong><\/u><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The programme is completely free of charge.<\/li>\n<li>The programmes will support all students from April through to December, and for students who receive an offer support will continue until they arrive.<\/li>\n<li>Students will explore course choices and subject sessions with the support of academics and current undergraduates.<\/li>\n<li>Students will get to explore life at university \u2013 accommodation, finance, societies, and support services.<\/li>\n<li>Students will be provided with the support and knowledge to navigate the UCAS and Oxford Admissions process for applying to university.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Quotes From Students <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We know from last year\u2019s feedback that students really enjoyed our online programmes &#8211; especially the opportunities to interact live with other students and Oxford undergraduates and academic tutors &#8211; I include some quotes from students so you can see for yourself.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think it&#8217;s given me a more realistic view of medicine. It&#8217;s allowed me to be more confident to apply to Oxford and about my A levels. I think my favourite part of the week was either going over the BMAT or the pictionary. Thank you so much for your help and for answering our questions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u201cBefore this week I had actually made the decision to not apply to Oxbridge as I didn\u2019t know If I would be good enough. But after all the sessions and finding out Oxford take many things into account when they offer you a place I have now changed my mind and I think I will apply as I have nothing to lose!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><strong>Who is the programme for? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The programme is for S5 state-school students. We particularly welcome applications from students who have the potential to do well academically but may lack the confidence to apply to Oxford.<\/p>\n<p>Places on UNIQ are prioritised for students who live in areas where relatively few people progress to higher education (using POLAR postcode classification) and who come from low socio-economic backgrounds (using ACORN postcode classification). We also consider whether students have ever been in care or received free school meals.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like any further information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uniq.ox.ac.uk\">www.uniq.ox.ac.uk<\/a>. Please note that during the pandemic, we are not able to answer telephone calls, so please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:uniq@admin.ox.ac.uk\">uniq@admin.ox.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yours faithfully,<\/p>\n<p>Samina Khan<\/p>\n<p>Director, Undergraduate Admissions and Outreach, University of Oxford<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apply Here As a completely free of charge access programme, UNIQ aims to encourage and support more students from backgrounds that are underrepresented at university.\u00a0 UNIQ is carefully designed to break down<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/uniq-2021-applications-now-open-for-oxfords-access-programme-for-s5-students\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24147,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27039,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27038\/revisions\/27039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}