
Go Higher Blog | Opening doors to Higher Education
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This blog is written by students and staff of Go Higher, Liverpool University's unique one-year, part-time access Diploma for people aged 20 without the traditional entry qualifications for degree-level study. The programme has a long history of helping hundreds of talented individuals in to higher education, many of them people who had assumed that university was beyond their reach.
Go Higher Blog | Opening doors to Higher Education
1M ago
Photo by Andrew Teebay, Liverpool Echo. At the University of Liverpool December graduations this year, 2024, the traditional student speech was given by Gogglebox and Go Higher star Viv Woedenweber. Viv came to Go Higher at the age of 56 after leaving the Goggle box show in 2020 to seek a change in her career ..read more
Go Higher Blog | Opening doors to Higher Education
5M ago
On 12th July 2019 I drove into Liverpool for my Go Higher assessment full of nervous anxiety and anticipation for what was to come. I had been encouraged by a friend to think about doing an Access to Higher Education course. I had no idea what it was. I googled the term and Go Higher  ..read more
Go Higher Blog | Opening doors to Higher Education
6M ago
My name is Joanne Henry and started Go Higher in 2018 as a mature student. I left school with no formal qualifications and since then had always worked in the retail sector. I always looked back and wished I had done better at school, but truth be told, whilst suffering the bereavement of my mother ..read more
Go Higher Blog | Opening doors to Higher Education
6M ago
I am thrilled to share my heartfelt gratitude to the University of Liverpool for offering the Diploma for Go Higher Programme – a remarkable initiative designed to open doors and beacon of hope for those who, due to various reasons, have been unable to pursue their educational goals and have had to suppress their ambitions ..read more
Go Higher Blog | Opening doors to Higher Education
7M ago
Although I was considered quite bright in the small primary school I attended, when I started high school as an undiagnosed autistic child I became incredibly overwhelmed and found the only way to cope with the extra sensory and social pressure was to coast through. I fell behind with work as I spent most of my time just trying to cope with the school environment.
Having developed an apprehensive relationship with academia, I always hoped I might be able to access university. I had to drop my a-levels in 1995 when I was 18, so I could work full-time and move to a flat when it became obvious I ..read more
Go Higher Blog | Opening doors to Higher Education
9M ago
If you are a mature student, returner to learning or someone who has experienced a disrupted education, you may be anxious about the support available for anyone not familiar with higher education and its challenges. Starting your higher education journey is one of the most exciting times of your life, but we realise you might have some concerns as well. Whatever they might be, you don’t need to worry as the University of Liverpool offers lots of support.
Our Student Services team, who offer a huge range of services, including mental health support like counselling, a Mental Health Advis ..read more
Go Higher Blog | Opening doors to Higher Education
10M ago
Storm Lillian might have been causing chaos across the North West, but nothing could dampen the spirits of everyone involved in this year’s Return to Learn Day. For the second year running, the team at Go Higher invited potential mature learners to experience a full day of talks and tours on campus.
The day was (high) kicked off on a musical note, with Dr Freya Jarman (below left) leading listeners through the history of the multiple meanings of singing high notes in Western music. Covering everything from Tiny Tim to Barbara Streisand, our visitors quickly warmed to the topic and were keen to ..read more
Go Higher Blog | Opening doors to Higher Education
11M ago
My name is Stephen Kearns and I am the module co-ordinator for the maths module on Go Higher.
I remember when I was in junior school and would rush home to work on my mathematics book because I loved solving the problems and getting the smiley faces on my work. I always considered myself to be quite clever and thought I’d do really well in school. But, secondary school was a different experience.
The pupils just wanted to mess around ensuring the teacher spent most of her time dealing with the disturbance rather than teaching the class. Many teachers were absent through illness and substitute ..read more
Go Higher Blog | Opening doors to Higher Education
11M ago
I joined the GoHigher programme at just 19, I had always wanted to opportunity to be able to help others and wanted to serve justice and after doubting my self, it gave me an opportunity to follow my dream. I didn’t think I was capable of Law after leaving school so took an NVQ route and planned on going into engineering.
As a woman in STEM, it was extremely difficult to be taken seriously, so I thought, why not just put the shift in to do what I really wanted to do? Not only did I get into my goal university studying my dream subject, but I for the first time enjoyed learning, I fe ..read more
Go Higher Blog | Opening doors to Higher Education
11M ago
I became a student at Go Higher in September 2020 (during the Covid lockdown). As a mature student who left school without taking my GCSE’s, the prospect of going back into the education system seemed pretty daunting. University seemed unattainable for the likes of me, after all I’d been out of education for over 25 years, why would I subject myself to such torture?
This mentality came from an old, conditioned mindset I’d adopted after what I can only describe as a difficult time in secondary school. I had dyscalculia and dyslexia, so would sometimes struggle with processing inf ..read more