Who can attend Step Ahead?

You can attend Step Ahead if you have a confirmed place on an undergraduate course at the University of York and have Home Student fee status.

As Step Ahead is designed for students who belong to communities currently underrepresented at university, you also need to meet at least one of the criteria listed below in order to be able to attend:

I will be 21 or over on my first day at university
I am from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background
I have a disability, impairment, health condition or specific learning difficulty (difference) that has a substantial and/ or long-term impact on my ability to carry out day-to-day activities
I have care experience
I am estranged from both of my biological or adoptive parents
I am a refugee or a student seeking asylum in the UK
I am the first generation in my family to go to university
I identify as LGBTQ+
I will live at home and commute to university
I have children
I have unpaid caring responsibilities for a family member
I am from a Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, Showmen or Boater background
I live in a priority neighbourhood (see below)

Postcode checker

You can check if you live in a priority neighbourhood by entering your full home postcode below.

Invalid postcode.

We don’t recognise that as a UK postcode. Please enter a valid UK postcode.

Unrecognised postcode.

We don’t have that postcode on record, are you sure you entered it correctly? If it is correct, then please email stepahead@york.ac.uk for help.

Sorry, you are not eligible to participate

Sorry it does not look like you live in one of our priority neighbourhoods, however, if you meet other criteria listed above you will still be eligible to take part in Step Ahead.

You could be eligible to participate

You are eligible to participate in Step Ahead based on the postcode you've provided which shows you live in a priority neighbourhood.

Sorry, there was a problem with the postcode checker service.

Please email stepahead@york.ac.uk for help.