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SUN Festival of Industries Event at Arts University Bournemouth

By Beth Hartless, SUN Project Co-ordinator The SUN Festival of Industries provides students with the opportunity to gain a hands-on, interactive experience with local employers for the day. Employers …

Celebrating Student Success: How SUN Helps Unlock Russell Group Opportunities

By Grace Kendall, SUN Outreach Co-ordinator Every year, young people across Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight work tirelessly to fulfil their academic potential. This year, we’re thrilled …

SMALL PROJECT FUND: YOUNG CARERS BOURNE FUTURES

WITH THE SUN’S SMALL PROJECT FUND INITIATIVE, THE BOURNE ACADEMY WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR YEAR 9 AND 10 YOUNG CARERS. We hoped to offer additional careers support …

Preparing for & Managing The Change to College/Sixth Form

Here in the SUN, one of our aims is to help young people make the right decisions about their next steps in education. An important part of the …

New Research Published by The Southern Universities Network

STUDENTS WHO ENGAGE IN A 1:1 SESSION WITH A SUN PROGRESSION MENTOR ARE MORE CONFIDENT ABOUT THEIR FUTURE CHOICES One-to-one (1:1) sessions offer direct personalised information and advice …

ESTRANGED STUDENTS SOLIDARITY WEEK

During Estranged Student Solidarity Week 2022 (21 – 15 Nov), the SUN hosted the Estranged Students CPD Conference. The conference was held as part of the Uni Connect …

Uni Connect Estranged and Kinship Students Partnership

In May 2022, a number of Uni Connect Partnerships formed a working group to collaborate with Stand Alone to develop a package of CPD and resources for practitioners …

Uni Connect programme reaches one million young people

Research & Evaluation BLOG | 5 October 2022 By Uni Connect Uni Connect partnerships across the nation are excited to share recent news from programme funders, the Office for Students (OfS), …

SUN WIN PROVIDER OF THE YEAR AWARD

The SOUTHERN UNIVERSITIES NETWORK HAS BEEN AWARDED ‘PROVIDER OF THE YEAR’ AT THE EMPLOYERS BUILDING FUTURES AWARDS 2021 Presented by Enterprise M3 and The Careers & Enterprise Company, …

Clearing Plus: Clearing just got personal.

From today (Monday 6th July 2020) Clearing is live and with this year comes Clearing Plus, the shiny new tool from UCAS. This year UCAS estimate that there …

Navigating the aspiration trap: white working-class students and widening access to higher education

In October 2017 I met Mr Davis, a teacher at a school located within a small town in the Black Country in the West Midlands. I had recently …

COVID-19 Update

In accordance with recent government advice, the Southern Universities Network has decided to postpone all events and activities scheduled to take place between now and the end of …