Student Success Academy

Student Success Academy

The Student Success Academy aims to ensure many more students are offered opportunities to level up with their peers, access mentoring and support to tackle disadvantages around academic success and employment outcomes.

The Student Success Academy offers a wide range of personalised opportunities and tailored programmes designed to help you unlock your full potential during your time at university.

With a focus on skills development across all stages of the student journey, the Academy puts the spotlight on key transitions including coming to university, moving into and out of your placement experience, stepping up to final year and becoming a graduate.

The Student Success Academy offers various programmes including:

  • Get Ahead Together: a peer-mentoring programme for Foundation and Part A students to support you settling into life at university in semester one.
  • Academic Success Coaching: 1:1 and group coaching to support you with any barriers to achieving your full potential with your studies.
  • Future Talent Programmes: designed to supercharge Black and South Asian students’ career prospects and confidence through access to meaningful work experience (placements and internships).
  • Personal Best Award: Develop skills to succeed at and after university by completing your Personal Best Award – a valuable addition to your CV!
  • Maximise your money: Develop your money skills with resources to help you budget, eat healthily, attend specialist events and discover work opportunities to support your studies.