WHAT WE DO
FOCUS West works in schools in the west of Scotland. We work with targeted pupils who have the potential to access higher education and enable this with major annual grant funding from the Scottish Funding Council.
FOCUS West is a programme that works with schools to widen access to higher education.
Based in the west of Scotland and working with targeted pupils in secondary schools, our work is funded by the Scottish Funding Council as part of the National Schools Programme. The role of the National Schools Programme is to support Senior Phase pupils in Scotland from backgrounds of socioeconomic disadvantage and underrepresented groups to access higher education in university. We work with teachers to guide pupils in learning about Higher National and degree courses, the benefits of further study and about the wealth of graduate career opportunities that are available.
What are the criteria for inclusion in the programme?
What does the FOCUS West Programme involve?
Drawing on expertise from a multi-institution partnership to deliver targeted activity in secondary schools in the west of Scotland; widening access to higher education through access to experience and information; raising aspiration through confidence building and supporting an embedded knowledge culture of successful application to college and university
FOCUS West works in schools in the west of Scotland. We work with targeted pupils who have the potential to access higher education and enable this with major annual grant funding from the Scottish Funding Council.
FOCUS West works with a broad range of partners in many different sectors in the UK and abroad.
Level 8, Graham Hills Building
University of Strathclyde,
40 George Street,
Glasgow,
G1 1QE
