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Who can attend Step Ahead?

You need to be a Home student (or Refugee/Asylum Seeker) with a confirmed place on an undergraduate course at the University, and meet at least one of the following criteria:

Attendee criteria

You should be a home student (or Refugee/Asylum seeker) about to start an undergraduate course at the University, and meet at least one of the following criteria:

• This year (23/24 admissions cycle) I met the criteria for one or more of the following:
• A Contextual Offer
• The York Access Scheme
• An Alternative Widening Participation Offer

• I will be 21 or over when I start my University course

• I am the first generation in my family to go to University (my parents did not go to University or they went as a mature student) 

• I am a student with care experience

• I am an estranged student

• I have a disability or long-term health condition

• I have children

• I will continue to live at home while I study and commute to university

• I am from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background

• I am from a Gypsy, Roma or Traveller community

• I have unpaid caring responsibilities for a family member

• I am seeking asylum in the UK or have been granted refugee status

• I am from a military background

There are limited places at Step Ahead and so you are encouraged to register as soon as you have a confirmed place at the University of York. 

If you do not meet any of the eligibility criteria above, but feel you would benefit from attending Step Ahead, please complete the registration form and if there are still places available at the end of August we will let you know. 

If you have any questions about our eligibility criteria, please email us at stepahead@york.ac.uk for more information.