Regional Care Leaver Covenant Offer

NERAP is committed to supporting care-experienced students.
This is the collaborative, whole-institution response evidenced through the Care Leaver Covenant.

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What is Choices Together?

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s REALLY like to be on the Choices Together programme then look no further! Hear all about the experiences of the Choices attendees themselves..

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North East Raising Aspiration Partnership

The North East Raising Aspiration Partnership is a collaboration of the five universities in the North East of England, working together to support young people to think about their futures and how higher education can help them reach their goals.

We provide a wide range of free in-school and online workshops/activities on a variety of topics on behalf of all of our university Partners for students in Key Stage 2 and 4. Please view our Outreach Activities to see what is on offer!

We are also committed to providing additional support for students who are care experienced or a young carer. These targeted programmes provide an immersive experience to support young people throughout their educational journey. Click here for our current programme.

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Outreach Activities

Our fully-trained team of Higher Education Ambassadors are able to visit your school to deliver interactive sessions on all aspects of student life, student finance, as well as subject based workshops. All activity is completely free of charge, and details of what we currently offer are available here. View our Outreach Activities.

Supporting Primary: Exploring Careers

Multiple Key Stages

Multiple year groups

Careers

Multiple durations

Supporting Primary is an in-school activity for pupils in Primary Years 2 – 6 and Middle School Y7. The activity aims to introduce the concept of university and encourage enthusiasm surrounding education and further study.

Supporting Primary: Primary Transition – ‘Moving Up!’

Key Stage 2

Year 6

Futures

Multiple durations

Primary Transition is an in-school activity for pupils moving from Primary or Middle School to Secondary School. It challenges students with day-to-day activities they’ll encounter in Secondary School, as well as encouraging them to consider what they’re ultimately working towards in the future; both education and career goals.

Have you seen our Events?

From university open days, to our own Partnership events, there’s always something going on to help you explore higher education. Please visit our Events section for a list of our upcoming events, and how to sign up.

HEAT Conference 2024

21/11/24

Conference

The Catalyst Newcastle

We are delighted to announce that the North East’s Higher Education Advisers and Teachers (HEAT) Conference will return on the 21st November 2024, to provide an opportunity for teachers and advisers to gain up to date information on progression to further and higher education, with a particular focus on underrepresented groups.

Partnership Updates

Exam Tips

Revising for your GCSEs can be tricky. With all the different revision tips and planning techniques out there, it can certainly feel a bit overwhelming – you might not know where to start! Well, I’m here to offer you two exam tips that personally helped me achieve high grades during both my GCSEs and my A-levels, that are most importantly, simple but effective.

Posted on 10 May 2024

A Day in the Life of a Student

Hello! My name is Keely, I am a second-year student at Newcastle University, and I study English Literature with Creative Writing. As part of the NERAP team, I will be using this platform to share with you my personal tips, tricks, guidance and advice on all thing’s student related.

Posted on 07 May 2024

NERAP contribute to Times Higher Education article

NERAP are delighted to have contributed to an article for Times Higher Education around how to collaborate effectively to support care-experienced students. Kate Murray, Louise Harrison and Professor Alison Shaw share expert insights from their experience in supporting care-experienced students at university. You can find the article here: How to collaborate effectively to support care-experienced […]

Posted on 23 Nov 2023

Care Experienced Young People