Newcastle University

Widening Access Schemes

PARTNERS

Students could receive a guaranteed offer from Newcastle University or take part in the PARTNERS Programme supported entry route, which offers an alternative route in to Newcastle University for able students from widening participation backgrounds. Through this route, students who have successfully completed an Assessed Summer School can receive a PARTNERS offer which is slightly lower than the University’s typical offer.

Realising Opportunities

Newcastle University has a leading role in national and regional collaborative work to promote widening participation and fair access. Newcastle University leads Realising Opportunities, an award-winning, national fair access programme through which twelve highly-selective research-intensive universities work together to promote widening participation. Students are supported through a programme of activities and opportunities designed to raise their aspirations to progress to a research-intensive university, and develop their skills and knowledge so that they are able to make informed choices about their future and are better equipped to succeed at university.