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Your Future Summer School Challenge 2024

Summer School 2024 is now closed and details for 2025 will be added by March 2025. 

The University of East London is a careers-first university and based on your feedback, this year we will be running a longer four-day on-campus Higher Education (HE) experience! Across the four days, you will engage in a mixture of subject tasters, career planning and skills workshops, personal development activities and HE-ready workshops that will support and inform your knowledge and future university applications!

In celebration of the Year of Science, this year’s summer school will lift the lid and challenge the myths around science to ignite your curiosity and inspire discovery. Students will be challenged to work to an industry-led brief, so be prepared to ‘think outside of the box’ and immerse yourself into the worlds of technology, sustainability and the human mind.

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What will I do?

You will complete a combination of individual and group activities over four days in a supportive environment, meeting our student ambassadors, alumni, industry professionals and experienced academics. There will be prizes and attendance certificates for all to signify completion of the Summer School Challenge!

Our core programme will offer insights into the ultimate HE experiences, such as:

  • Subject degree tasters: Students will be challenged to work on an industry-led brief, engaging in degree subject tasters and working actively on a project that will be delivered at the end of the summer school.
  • Careers - First: Our expert Careers and Student Enterprise team will run interactive career workshops from future planning to future technology, Career Mixers, and an industry panel.
  • Personal Development: Students will participate in daily workshops to develop a growth mindset, problem-solving skills, goal setting, leadership skills, collaborative working, and more.
  • HE Ready: The Schools & Colleges team, along with the student ambassadors, will run a range of workshops and activities to support HE planning, next steps, and student life.

This year’s academic schools leading the taster subject activities include:

What are the benefits of attending the Summer School Challenge?

To help students make informed decisions about their future educational and career paths.

  • Develop invaluable transferable skills, which are important for succeeding in higher education, your career and beyond!
  • Engage in Higher Education sessions around finance, student support, personal development, and so much more!
  • Access our interactive careers workshops with opportunities to network!
  • Gain more knowledge about university degrees and different pathways.
  • Learn about new and innovative concepts around the world of science!
  • Participate in Q&A sessions with industry experts, guest speakers and UEL ambassadors
  • Experience campus life first-hand in an excellent location in the heart of East London.
  • Take a tour of our campus residential life accommodation
  • Most importantly, make new friends and have fun!

*If accepted into the summer school, you will be expected to attend all four days.

Please note that our summer school is non-residential, and no accommodation will be provided.

Closing date

The closing date for applications is Thursday, 27 June, 2024.

If you have any questions about the summer schools or need support with completing your application, please email outreachandaccess@uel.ac.uk for the attention of Chantelle.

Eligibility

Everyone is welcome at the University of East London; however our summer school is for young people who are underrepresented in higher education and priority will be given to the following:  

  • Students who are resident in the UK and year 12/FE1 and or Year 13/FE2 and 16-18 years old.
  • Currently studying at a local college or sixth form within these boroughs and areas; Newham, Tower Hamlets, Redbridge, Havering, Barking and Dagenham, Waltham Forest, Hackney and Essex including; Southend on Sea, Basildon or Thurrock.
  • If you are or have been in care.
  • Students with a disability, learning difficulty or long-term physical or mental health condition.
  • Students from white working-class background.
  • Students from a Black and Asian ethnic minority group.
  • Live in a neighbourhood with low progression to university.
  • Have family with little or no history of attending university.
  • From a military family (i.e. you have a parent/guardian who serves/served in the military).
  • If you are estranged from your family (i.e. you are not in contact with and not supported by your family).

Closing date

The closing date for applications is Thursday, 27 June, 2024.

If you have any questions about the summer schools or need support with completing your application, please email outreachandaccess@uel.ac.uk for the attention of Chantelle.