Support for Under-represented Groups

• Black, Asian & Diverse Heritage Students
• Disabled Students
• Distance & Online Learners
• Female & Non-Binary Students
• Groups Under-represented in Higher Education
• LGBTQ+ Students
• Forcibly Displaced Students
• Parents & Carers

These longer, 30-minute appointments with our Widening Participation Careers Consultants, can help you discover what you want to do, help you focus your current ideas or put your plans into action. These appointments are bookable two weeks in advance and delivered either remotely via MS Teams or in person at our Strand Careers Centre in Bush House.

Visit King's CareerConnect to book Careers+ apppointments

The Student Opportunity Fund grants students funding to undertake educational projects or initiatives and help transform their future career and study aspirations. The Student Opportunity Fund (SOF) has ringfenced 20% of the funding specifically for Black students (including from Black African, Black Caribbean, Black Other and Black Mixed backgrounds); this positive action has been employed to address the specific disadvantages Black graduates face including the awarding gap and in graduate outcomes. In doing so, we are striving towards levelling the playing field across the different demographics, as students move from university into their careers.

Find out more here

This programme aims to connect first year students (mentees) with those in their second year and beyond (mentors) to help them begin to think about their careers and put together a plan of action. The Careers Mentoring Programme is specifically for students from under-represented backgrounds and seeks to also help them feel a sense of community and belonging whilst they consider their career aspirations.

Discover more about our Careers Mentoring Programme on KEATS

Please note due to the source of funding, this programme is only available to disabled students and recent graduates, or UK-fee paying students (eligible for UK student loans) who meet one of the criteria below:

• I am in receipt of the King's Living Bursary
• I live or have lived in care
• None of my parents/carers attended university
• I am Black, Asian, Diverse Heritage student or recent graduate
• I am an estranged student or recent graduate
• I am a forced migrant
• I am from a Gypsy, Roma or Traveller heritage
• I am a young carer
• I am a mature learner (beginning your first undergraduate degree at the age of 21 or over)
• I have taken part in Realising Opportunities, K+, IntoUniversity, or a Sutton Trust Summer School
• I am or have been a holder of the Sanctuary Scholarship/ Jesus the Light Sanctuary Scholarship
• I am on the or have been on the Extended Medical Degree Programme or the Enhanced Support Dentistry Programme
• I am or have been in receipt of a means-tested NHS bursary

You will find the registration form for Careers+ in the 'forms' section of your King's CareerConnect homepage.

Go to King's CareerConnect.