During the last week of July, we welcomed approximately 270 students from across the country to the Pathways to Law Digital Conference, hosted by the Sutton Trust using their unique online platform. During the conference, students had the chance to find out about university life, experience online academic lectures and meet with lots of legal professionals. This conference gave students the opportunity to find out what it is like to study law at university and whether a career in law is right for them. Throughout the week, there were 207 volunteers from the legal profession, across 56 firms, chambers or courts. In total this amounted to over 300 hours of volunteering from industry professionals. The online platform also had 113 pieces of employer created content and content created by our student ambassadors. Built into the platform, there was also a speed mentoring platform where students were able to speak to student ambassadors, staff across 13 universities and industry professionals. Despite not being able to hold a face to face conference, the level of engagement and enthusiasm was fantastic throughout the week. At the celebration event, it was clear how valuable and beneficial students had found the opportunity and it was clear to see how they had grown in confidence compared to the start of the week!

Since 2016, Warwick has been one of 13 partner universities in the Sutton Trust's UK Summer School Programme, which has involved running a summer school for approximately 120 students from under-represented groups in higher education.

The participants are from all over the UK and stay on our campus for 5 days to experience what being a student at Warwick is like. They attend taster lectures in a subject of their choice and learn about the UCAS process. They meet our students and take part in a variety of fun activities, which has included an It's a Knockout afternoon and society tasters.

This year, due to the lockdown and social distancing rules, the Sutton Trust gave us the opportunity to join them in a new venture, meaning we would still be able to host our summer school but in a virtual environment, via the Sutton Trust Online Platform.

The Outreach and Widening Participation team works with schools and students from under-represented groups in higher education from primary age to Year 13 and onwards. Since the school closures, our team has explored new ways to carry out our crucial work for the community and the university. Here is a snapshot of what we have been up to with our Year 12 and Year 10 students.

Read this Factsheet for advice for Care Leavers during and after COVID-19

Read about what the WP & Outreach Team have been delivering in the Spring term here.

Want to hear from current Warwick students about studying and living at University? You’re in the right place!

Every weekday from 1pm, join our students for a short video filmed by the students, and then have a chat with them in the Live Chat.

For more information and to book visit here.

“Our community is doing its part, but we now need your help to support our student community.”

Warwick has launched an emergency appeal to support students facing financial hardship as a result of Covid-19. One in four students at Warwick are from a low-income background. From our medical students working on the frontlines of the NHS, to school leavers facing hard decisions about supporting their family or continuing their education at Warwick – you can help our students flourish despite the challenging circumstances.

Find out more and donate today: http://warwick.ac.uk/covid19appeal

To all Warwick undergraduates:

We at ICUR hope you are keeping safe and well during this difficult and unprecedented time for all of us. We wanted to confirm that the opportunity to present at the International Conference of Undergraduate Research, on the 29-30^th September 2020, is still open to you and that the conference, and therefore the current Call for Abstracts, is still going ahead.

The format of the conference may vary depending on the circumstances in each country at the time, but ICUR is a virtual conference at its essence, and we are confident that we can proceed to deliver the conference to a high standard. We encourage you not to miss out on participating.

Abstracts are submitted via our online portal at icurportal.com where more information on the conference and our international partners can also be found.

The deadline for abstract submission of 250 words is 31^st May 2020 – we look forward to reading yours!

Past presenters say:

“The best part was the chance to present my research and showcase everything that I had accomplished. It was also a great opportunity to get to present in a formal but friendly environment.” 

Read our latest statement here

Our latest WP Impact Report for 2018 has just been published. Thank you to the WP Research and Evaluation Team for providing all of the data, and to everyone who has been involved with the programmes, events and activities that we have been able to run. Read it here now.