Access All Aber
The Access All Aber residential programme is aimed at helping Year 12 students research and prepare for university and ultimately at widening access to higher education.
Access All Aber (AAA) was successfully relaunched in 2023 and we are already looking forward to AAA 2024. More information on applications to attend AAA 2024 will be provided over the upcoming months.
Further information on applications to Access All Aber 2024 will be available soon.
Access All Aber offers a high-quality 5-day residential programme which aims to better prepare students for university life. The programme will focus on developing key academic skills along with more social and informative sessions to engage young people with university and support their UCAS applications.
There will be approximately 100 places for students from across Wales. We target students who meet widening access criteria, focusing on (but not limited to) those:
- From postcodes which are in the lower quintiles (1 & 2) areas for the WIMD (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation),
- Who are care experienced (have spent three or more months in care since the age of 14.)
- Who are the first generation in the family to go to university.
- Who are young carers.
- Who are estranged from their family.
- Who have one of the following immigration statuses; refugee, humanitarian protection, asylum seeker.
Applications to Aberystwyth Access All Aber 2024 will be open to students currently in Year 12 in a school or college in Wales.
- The 2024 programme will run from Monday 8th July – Friday 12th July.
- We provide FREE transport to and from Aberystwyth University.
- We also provide FREE accommodation and food.
- Participants can take part in 3 Subject Taster Sessions from a range of different subjects. - (You can see our list of subject areas here)
Places are limited and priority will be given to applications from students who satisfy the main Welsh Government priorities.