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Future plans for the AAF

Having secured the very significant funding initiatives with Sevenoaks School and the Buffini-Chao foundation, in December 2019 the Trustees met to plan the future for the AAF. It was agreed to see the cohort of KAN students through to graduation in June 2020; support the United Learning’s programme to its completion in June 2021; steward the Buffini […]

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First Generation Low Income Consortium Conference, hosted by Princeton University, February 2018

Debbie Hannam (A&AF), Chris Millward (OfS), Christina Perry (Queen Mary) and Rachel Carr (Into University) recently attended and presented at FGLI. The First Generation Low Income Consortium of universities is a national organization, providing leadership, expertise, and resources around the experience of first-generation and/or lower-income college students at highly selective universities and colleges.

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‘Access to Success’ Conference

Moving from ‘Access to Success’: Supporting and empowering first generation HE Students by sharing US and UK practice We are delighted to invite you to our ‘Access to Success’ conference, hosted by the University of Birmingham in association with the Accelerate and Access Foundation. Please join us for an afternoon of stimulating discussion and opportunities […]

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United Access Easter Residential

Seventeen Year 10 students attended an Easter residential at Caterham School last week as part of the AAF and United Learning's four-year university access programme United Access.

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Alumni Update

We remain hugely proud of our first cohort to complete the KAN APP, and we have been delighted to hear from a few of them recently with updates on their progress and how they are getting on.

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