In 2002, we welcomed our first student to an IntoUniversity centre - this year we are proud to be celebrating our 250,000th student! “All of those individual 250,000 young people have their own stories to tell, are known to us by name and are cherished by multiple different staff and volunteers across all of our different centres. From Govan to Great Yarmouth, Bradford to Bristol, each of those young people is provided with the support they need to set them on a path towards a future dream which is waiting to be grasped and enjoyed.” Dr Rachel Carr, Co-Founder and Chief Executive To honour this huge milestone, we will be running our #250kFutures campaign, to ensure we can continue supporting the next generation of students to realise their ambitions, achieve their academic potential, develop vital skills and gain experience of the world of work. Give the Gift of Education this winter and help our young people to reach their full potential. All donations made to IntoUniversity’s Gift of Education campaign during December and January will be DOUBLED, up to a total of £20,000. One donation, double the impact! To donate, please follow this link to our campaign page, or show your support by hitting the like button and sharing this campaign with your connections: https://lnkd.in/eeanNvx9 Wishing you a joyful festive season from everyone at IntoUniversity! #CharityFundraising #SocialImpact #EducationForAll
IntoUniversity
Individual and Family Services
IntoUniversity provides local learning centres where young people are inspired to achieve.
About us
IntoUniversity is an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres which provide an education programme to support young people facing disadvantage in achieving their chosen aspiration. We target children and young people most at risk of failing to meet their potential to go to university due to economic, social, cultural, or linguistic disadvantage. IntoUniversity provides practical learning support and motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18. We currently have 44 centres across England and Scotland. IntoUniversity is an on-going and long-term service: at the heart of the programme is the belief that underachievement is best addressed in the context of a long-term pastoral engagement with young people where we can build their esteem and support their learning in order that they can reach their potential.
- Website
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http://www.intouniversity.org
External link for IntoUniversity
- Industry
- Individual and Family Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- London
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2007
- Specialties
- non-profit, education, advice and guidance, widening participation, social mobility, social justice, mentoring, academic support, primary education, secondary education, and university access
Locations
Employees at IntoUniversity
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Judith Abbachi
Enthusiastic, passionate, dedicated and pretty funny
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Rosie Ferguson
Experienced Charity leader. Passionate about people and progress. Currently Interim Chief Programmes Officer at IntoUniversity until March 2025…
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Margaret Spiers
Senior HR professional/Interim CEO
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Nicholas Bull
Member Board Of Trustees at Creative Education Trust
Updates
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IntoUniversity will be closed for the holiday period from 20th December 2024 and will reopen on 6th January 2025. If you need support during our closure times, you can contact Childline via their website or by calling 0800 1111 (phone lines are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week). Have a fantastic break all and see you in 2025!
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2024 has been quite a year! In case you missed it, check out some of the highlights in our new video. And don’t forget, this December and January, you can help us make 2025 and beyond even more impactful by giving the ‘Gift of Education’. Donate today and have your amount doubled. Thanks for your support in 2024, and for helping us continue to deliver this work to young people across England and Scotland. https://lnkd.in/eeanNvx9
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Over the last ten years, our Big City Bright Future internship has welcomed over 1,000 students, each of whom has their own story📖 Three of our BCBF alumni reflect on their internships and how their experiences with the programme have influenced their journeys so far. Follow the link to read the stories of Kristians, Michael and Tian: https://lnkd.in/eX9qUs_y #IntoUniversity #IUPartnerships #IUImpact
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✨2024 has been a busy year at IntoUniversity! While we look forward to the New Year, it's also a good time to reflect on all that has been achieved this year. We continued to grow our presence in England, officially launching two new centres in Kirkby and Leicester, and supported 56,702 students during over 603,000 contact hours this year! Celebrations were also in place for our internship programme, Big City Bright Future, which turned 10! Take a look at our end of year review video below, which includes some of our key moments ⬇️ #IntoUniversity #IUImpact
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Big City Bright Future's decade of success wouldn't have been impossible without the dedication and support of our corporate partners. Such partnerships are immensely invaluable to delivering our mission of providing career-related opportunities to talented young people. Ian Foster, Senior Vice President - Chief Operating Officer (EMEA) at our BCBF partner AllianceBernstein (AB), reflects on his and AB's journey with our programme. Read our interview with Ian here: https://lnkd.in/ewnRwXSb #IUPartnership #IUImpact #BCBF
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A big thank you to our partner Apollo Global Management, Inc. Global Management for its generous grant given to IntoUniversity, from the Apollo Opportunity Foundation (AOF). As part of their career education pillar, we are immensely grateful for our partnership with Apollo and the support of the company in helping us deliver meaningful opportunities for Year 12 and 13 students in London. AOF's funding will support the local community close to Apollo. As part of the celebrations, we recently joined Apollo at their London office for a special fundraising quiz! As we approach 2025, we are looking forward to working on a number of exciting initiatives with Apollo! https://lnkd.in/e6298cu2 #IUPartnerships #IUImpact
Apollo and IntoUniversity join forces to tackle educational inequalities and improve social mobility in London
https://intouniversity.org
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Over the past year we’ve been celebrating all of the little moments that take place in our centres each and every day at our centres, which create the big impact we’re all striving for. When you consider we’re now about to work with our 250,000th student, it’s fair to say that is a LOT of little moments! But none of this would be possible without the generous support of our donors. You can help us reach even more students, and create even more impactful little moments, by donating to our ‘Gift of Education’ matched giving campaign today: https://lnkd.in/eeanNvx9 Thanks so much for your support!
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At IntoUniversity, we witnessed lots of success during the 2023/24 academic year. With the support and generosity of our university partners we have: ⭐Worked with 400 schools ⭐Supported 56,530 students ⭐Delivered a total of 605,770 contact hours ⭐Carried out 550 university trips ⭐Worked with 848 university volunteers ⭐Provided 4,840 university student mentoring meetings ⭐Helped over 3,000 of our students progress to university! None of this would be possible without our university partner network - thank you. #IUPartnerships #IUImpact #IntoUniversity University of Nottingham University of Bristol University of Exeter University of Bath University of Leeds University of Oxford Christ Church, Oxford University of Southampton Anglia Ruskin University University of Liverpool University of Warwick The University of Manchester King's College London Pembroke College, Cambridge Trinity College Cambridge University of East Anglia University of York University of Hull The University of Salford Newcastle University Northumbria University Queens' College, Cambridge The University of Edinburgh University of Glasgow University of Leicester De Montfort University
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🔙🎓Over the last ten years of Big City Bright Future, there have been many inspiring stories from our students who have gone onto achieve big things! One of our BCBF alumni, Hilai Qahari, has done just that. Currently studying to qualify as a solictor after graduating with a Law degree, Hilai takes a moment to reflect on what businesses can do to make themselves more inclusive to engage a diverse range of talented young professionals. Take a read of Hilai's piece: https://lnkd.in/gQNba23T #IUImpact
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