Abstract

This report examines qualitative research into young people’s attitudes to their future education prospects and their
experience of higher education outreach since 2020. The focus is on Year 10 and post-16 students in the Uni Connect
target group. The aims of this research were:
- to explore the post-16/18 choices and perspectives of Uni Connect target groups;
- to assess what role and benefits Uni Connect delivery has had in different contexts on participants future
prospects and attitudes to progression to higher education,
- to consider the implications of COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions/changes on any other local and
individual factors that may have influenced these;
- to provide insights on future interventions to benefit target learners in Year 10 and Year 12/13 from and
support positive progression routes including higher education.