Entry from School
Access Aberdeen is our widening access schools programme which informs, supports, and encourages young people to make appropriate post-school study choices. The programme works with young people who meet one of our widening access criteria regardless of the school they attend:
- Live in an SIMD20 Postcode area
- Care Experienced
- Eligible for Free School Meals
- Estranged From Parents
- Have Caring Responsibilities
- In receipt of Educational Maintenance Allowance
- Experienced a physical and/or mental health issue that has impacted on secondary education
- Gypsy, Roma or Travelling Community
- Refugee/Asylum Seeker Status
- Home address is in an area considered to remote and rural (5-8 on the Scottish Government 8-fold Urban Rural Classification)
- Parent Or Carer In Armed Forces
- Served In Armed Forces
- Have been through the Children’s Panel process
- Parents(s) have had a custodial sentence
If you wish to discuss eligibility or any criteria out with this published list please contact the team at accessaberdeen@abdn.ac.uk
We can offer the following support:
- Guidance on specific careers and subject choice
- University and subject specific events (online and on campus)
- Support with UCAS applications and personal statements.
- Specific guidance on entrance requirements
- Consideration under the University's Contextualised Admissions Policy
We are in the process of reviewing this initiative and would welcome any comments you may have, please contact accessaberdeen@abdn.ac.uk.