{"id":2321,"date":"2022-09-28T08:35:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T08:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellahoustonacademy2019\/?page_id=2321"},"modified":"2024-06-25T10:18:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T10:18:08","slug":"widening-participation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellahoustonacademy2019\/widening-participation\/","title":{"rendered":"Widening participation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glasgow University offer a variety of pre-entry programmes for targeted pupils within schools in the West of Scotland.\u00a0 Their Programmes offer an insight into specific subjects, a chance to experience Higher Education and ensure you have the skills necessary to be a successful independent learner. Successful completion can mean you are eligible for <strong>adjusted entry requirements<\/strong> https:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/study\/wp\/adjustedoffers\/adjustedentry\/<\/p>\n<p>Programmes include:<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><strong>Access to a Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For S4-S6 pupils interested in Accountancy and Finance, Engineering or Teaching (Primary)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reach (Access to the Professions)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For S4-S6 pupils interested in Dentistry, Law, Medicine or Veterinary Medicine<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top-Up Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For S5\/6 pupils interested in going onto college or university.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To take part in one of our pre-entry programmes you must meet one of the<\/p>\n<p>following criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Live in an SIMD decile 1-4 (MD20\/40)<\/li>\n<li>Scottish postcode area<\/li>\n<li>Have care experience<\/li>\n<li>Are estranged from family and living<\/li>\n<li>without family support<\/li>\n<li>Are seeking asylum in the UK<\/li>\n<li>Have refugee status<\/li>\n<li>Are a carer (provide unpaid care)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may also be considered if you have faced extenuating circumstances that have impacted on your school performance. Please discuss this with your pastoral care teacher.<\/p>\n<p>You can check if you live in SIMD 1-4 (priority postcode) here:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/study\/wp\/postcode\/<\/p>\n<p>More information can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/study\/wp\/\">https:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/study\/wp\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glasgow University offer a variety of pre-entry programmes for targeted pupils within schools in the West of Scotland.\u00a0 Their Programmes offer an insight into specific subjects, a chance to experience Higher Education and ensure you have the skills necessary to be a successful independent learner. Successful completion can mean you are eligible for adjusted entry &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellahoustonacademy2019\/widening-participation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Widening participation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7967,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2321","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellahoustonacademy2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellahoustonacademy2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellahoustonacademy2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellahoustonacademy2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7967"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellahoustonacademy2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2321"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellahoustonacademy2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3899,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellahoustonacademy2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2321\/revisions\/3899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellahoustonacademy2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}