You’ll connect with other students, share your voice, and get access to exclusive opportunities and funding to enhance your learning experience.
The programme helps students:
- Transition into work and life at university
- Be successful personally and academically
- Progress towards career goals or further study.
The Plus Programme has helped me feel like I belong at Leeds, knowing there’s a dedicated contact I can approach and having the opportunity to connect with other students.
Who is eligible for the Plus Programme
You may be eligible if you are:
- a care leaver/care experienced
- without parental support (estranged)
- have caring responsibilities
- a refugee, asylum seeker, or have humanitarian protection status
- entering the University from an area of low participation in Higher Education
- received Free School Meals
- the first generation in your family to attend university and attended a school with a lower-than-average attainment score
- an Undergraduate Means-Tested Scholar
- a Leeds Masters Scholar
- a Sanctuary Scholar
- enrolled on our Peer Mentoring or Coaching Schemes for Minoritised Ethnicities
- a student who completed or was offered a place on Access to Leeds, Reach for Excellence, Realising Opportunities, and other contextual admissions schemes
- a student who has completed a Foundation Year with the Lifelong Learning Centre, Social Sciences, or Gateway to Medicine.
If you’re eligible, you’ll be automatically added to the programme.
Who else can join the Plus Programme?
Some students can join the Plus Programme by self-referral after starting their studies. Fill out one of the following Microsoft Forms to find out more:
