Location: UCL Main Campus

Event information: Experience UCL is an exciting opportunity for prospective students to visit UCL and learn about life as an undergraduate. The scheme is targeted at students from certain priority groups that are currently underrepresented in higher education and at UCL. You will spend the day with two current UCL students who will show you around the UCL campus and share insights into their university experiences. There will also be an opportunity to seek advice from UCL staff on topics such as applying to university, support services available and financial support. Each day will involve small groups of young people accompanied by two student ambassadors. Why take part?

• Experience life as a UCL undergraduate student

• Be taken on a tour of the UCL campus

• Learn about the support services offered at UCL

• Gain expert advice and guidance from UCL staff members

This event is suitable for: Year 12 and Year 13.

How to book a place: The deadline to submit an application is 10am on Monday 27 March 2023.

Applicants must have achieved at least five A*-B/9-6 grades at GCSE and be currently studying a Level 3 qualification which would enable them to obtain a place on an undergraduate course at UCL. This includes A levels, the IB, a BTEC Extended Diploma or an Access to Higher Education Diploma. Applicants studying A levels must be taking at least two subjects from UCL’s list of preferred A levels.

In addition, applicants must meet one or more of the following criteria:
• are a student with a disability;
• are a young carer;
• are a forced migrant (e.g. refugee or asylum seeker);
• are estranged from parent(s);
• are from the Gypsy, Roma or Traveller community;
• are currently or have experience of being in care (e.g. local authority care, foster care, residential care).

Further information and how to book can be found here.

RO Travel Scheme: If you would like to access the RO Travel Scheme for support with your travel costs to attend this event, please contact Vathani Mariampilllai at UCL via email: srs.realisingopportunites@ucl.ac.uk

Recording your attendance on the RO student hub: Please email Ms Vathani Mariampilllai at srs.realisingopportunites@ucl.ac.uk to confirm your attendance after the event. Please include your full name, RO ID number, the date/time and title of the event.

Please note that uploading attendance to the RO student hub after the event is a manual process so can take some time – please do not worry about this.