Information for teachers
Activities
We deliver a wide range of activities and projects each year. If you are interested in finding out more about any of these activities please contact us.
Activities in schools include progression workshops, input to careers and parents evenings and a range of talks and workshops including:
- Why Higher Education?
- Finance
- Choosing a Course and Institution
- Applying to Higher Education.
We cannot fulfil as many requests from schools and colleges as we would like, unfortunately, due to limits on our time and resources. If this is the case, we are happy to share resources with teachers so that they can deliver teacher-led sessions in their school.
Assisting the team with talks and workshops are a team of trained Exeter student ambassadors. Ambassadors provide insight into what being a university student entails in terms of academic work, budgeting and extra-curricular opportunities and act as tutors and role models for potential students.
Visit our Student Ambassadors site for profiles of some of our student ambassadors.
Projects and partners
Excellence in Exeter
Excellence in Exeter is an annual celebratory evening to recognise exceptional young people from Exeter. We work in partnership with Exeter schools and Exeter College to identify award recipients.
Royal Institution
The Outreach Team provides the management for the long-running Royal Institution Year 9 Maths Masterclasses with the department of Maths organising the programme. 45 pupils from across Devon attend eight Saturday morning sessions each spring.
National Science and Engineering Week
National Science and Engineering Week is a co-operative venture across the University with the Outreach Team recruiting participants for activities provided by the science departments on our three campuses.
STAR
Funded by the Sutton Trust, STAR is a Devon based, three year funded programme which offers bright young people from non-privileged backgrounds a guaranteed pathway to a place at a research-led university. From September 2012 onwards STAR will be expanding to include schools from across Cornwall.
Realising Opportunities
The Realising Opportunities Scheme is an innovative, national scheme being piloted by 12 of the country’s leading universities. The scheme aims to build on the lessons learned from the last 10 years of widening participation activity in schools, colleges and universities.
National HE STEM Programme: SW Region
The University has a number of projects funded by the National HE STEM Programme to widen participation, support innovation in teaching & learning and enhance the skills and knowledge base of undergraduate students and the workforce in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
Higher Education Liaison Officers Association (HELOA)
HELOA is the professional association of staff in higher education who provide guidance and information to prospective higher education students, their families and advisers. What binds the membership together is a commitment to encouraging high standards of professionalism. All HELOA members endeavour to promote entry to all sectors of Higher Education, and have concern for the nature and quality of the information and advice which is provided.
