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Researched writing on refugee education in the UK — the barriers, the routes through them, and how our own programmes are built and paid for.

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Announcement10 July 20261 min read

Applications for Summer School 2026 are now open

Our free STEM and English summer school returns to UCL in August 2026. Applications close at 5pm on Wednesday 15th July 2026 — two forms to submit.

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Fundraising25 June 20261 min read
Thank you to the families funding places at UCL
The Bhaskar family and the Campagnola family are among the supporters making our free summer school possible. Here is what their giving pays for.
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Analysis18 February 202617 min read
The GCSE vacuum: why displaced 16-year-olds fall through UK education
A young person who arrives in the UK at 15 or 16 lands in the narrowest gap in the whole education system. Here is what that gap is made of — and what actually closes it.
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Analysis28 January 202614 min read
From 1% to 15%: the fight to get refugees into higher education
Global refugee enrolment in higher education has moved from 1% to around 5% in a few years. The target is 15% by 2030. Here is what the ladder looks like, where it breaks, and what the UK route actually involves.
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Programmes14 January 202615 min read
Inside a free STEM summer school: two weeks at UCL, hour by hour
What actually happens across eight days at University College London — the timetable, the science, the English, the costs we cover, and why the last afternoon matters more than the first.
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Volunteering10 December 202514 min read
One hour a week: what volunteer STEM mentoring actually involves
An honest account of our online mentoring scheme — the real time commitment, how pairs are matched, what happens in a session, what goes wrong, and what mentors say they got out of it.
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Transparency19 November 202514 min read
Where the money goes: the real cost of a free place at summer school
A free programme is not a costless one. An open account of what we raise, what we spend it on, what is donated rather than bought, and what we would do with more.
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