Our stories

Alfred attended IntoUniversity Manchester North’s Community Open Day when the centre first opened in October 2018. Following this, he attended the centre’s first ever Primary Academic Support session in November the same year and has been a regular attendee ever since.

Rianno joined IntoUniversity Bow as a University Student Mentor in May 2019.

Katy has been a corporate mentor to Joyce, an IntoUniversity student since October 2020.

Chelsea attended workshops through one of our Oxford South East centre’s partner Secondary schools and, following this, she signed up to attend Academic Support.

Laylen first attended a ‘Careers in Action’ workshop with his school when he was in Year 4. He attends Primary Academic Support every week and also benefits from the one-to-one support offered through the Mentoring programme.

Jayden began attending Primary Academic Support at our East Ham centre when he was in Year 4. Since coming to the centre, staff have seen him grow into a mature and hardworking student.

Ramla first came to our Bristol East centre when she was in Year 5 and attended a Primary FOCUS workshop. Soon after, she started attending Academic Support.

Maggie was introduced to IntoUniversity by a friend and they started volunteering together in Primary Academic Support over 10 years ago.

Deloney first worked with our North Kensington centre while at Primary school. Eleven years later, he is completing an apprenticeship with the East Midlands Ambulance Service and now volunteers with IntoUniversity, supporting younger students with their schoolwork.