Student Leadership Programme
The programme is aimed at students from communities who for a range of socio-economic reasons have not previously participated in higher education, or who may fit the potential ‘profile’ of being ‘at risk’ of not completing their studies.
Many are from working class, and black and Asian families and may well find the experience of being at university at best challenging, or, at worst, alienating
Through helping these students to develop their learning, interpersonal and social skills the project aims to reduce drop outs from university and increase attendance, achievement and participation in both curricula and extra-curricular activities.
In the first year of the project we worked in partnership with three universities - Thames Valley, London Metropolitan and Bedfordshire - to reveal the leadership potential of the individual student participants and create a community based on trust and respect, where diversity is valued. As well as receiving intensive training, students went on to design and deliver a community project to impact campus life and beyond.
“I applaud Youth at Risk's new project which creates the umbrella of support necessary for young people to get the most out of their university experience and determine their own future."
Minister of State for Higher Education, David Lammy
The programme is funded by the Dept. of Innovation, Universities & Skills, with the generous additional support of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.
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