Why are we doing this? To raise money for Aston University. Aston has a successful mission to help bright students from Britain's poorest families. These students typically come from backgrounds where they are living in Local Authority care, where neither parent has been to university, are in receipt of free school meals, receive an educational bursary or live in an eligible postcode. Aston's new medical school is taking 40% of its intake from these students.
We are helping students across the university. All Aston students are entitled to free language tuition in year 1, but after that they must pay for it.
In a global jobs market these skills are important and we've been supporting a three year programme to offer free language tuition to eligible students who simply can't afford the fees.
The results have been outstanding with many of the students taking up placements and positions with major international businesses where language proficiency has been key to landing the job.
If you would like to help to support this programme please use the link below to visit our dedicated Aston giving site:
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