Future You is a FREE programme of events and activities for care-experienced young people. With social events, campus visits and subject taster sessions, Future You is a great opportunity to discover what Higher Education could offer you.
Booking is essential - to attend these events, sign up to the Future You programme.
Autumn Term
Post-16 Pathways
Thursday 30th October 2025 10am-12noon
University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ
Find out more about your next steps after GCSEs, from A Levels, to BTECs, to T-Levels and beyond. Quiz our brilliant student ambassadors about their own journeys and experiences.
Student Life
Thursday 30th October 2025 12.30-2.30pm
University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ
Could university be for you? Find out how you get there and quiz our student ambassadors about what uni is really like. Discover a university campus with the UEA Campus treasure tour.
Astronomy and Stargazing evening
Monday 8th December 2025 5.30-7pm
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, CB3 0HA
Get a taste of university study at the Institute of Astronomy with an out-of-this-world lecture on astronomy research, planets and extra-terrestrial life, followed by a stargazing session.
Coming up in the Spring and Summer term:
Study Skills for GCSEs and beyond
Engineering day
Fun day social event
Future You Celebration event
"It is wonderful to know that our young person's outcomes may be much more positive because events like these show her what's possible for her future." - foster parent
What is Future You?
Future You is a great opportunity to discover what Higher Education could offer you in the future. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t thought about college or university – everyone is welcome! Our FREE programme of activities includes social events, campus visits and subject taster sessions at East Anglia universities and Further Education colleges. Future You is supported by current university students who will help you out and answer questions about what university is really like. The activities give you the opportunity to explore different subjects and information and advice on progression pathways and student finance. As well as being informative, they are a great opportunity to have fun and make new friends.
Who is it for?
To take part in Future You you must be in Year 9 to Year 11 and be under local authority care or a care experienced person or have a social worker, or be an unaccompanied asylum seeker in Year 9 -Year 13 (or equivalent.)
When is it?
Sessions will run throughout the academic year, either in the school day, after school or at weekends and during the school holidays. Once you have signed up to the programme, we will keep in touch to let you know when new events are happening.
How much is it?
The activities and sessions are all completely FREE! We will also cover the cost of transport to attend an event.
Why should I sign up?
As well as being great fun, we hope that you will get to make some new friends and learn a few things along the way. You'll find out what it's like to be a student at university or college, and it will help you decide what you want to do in the future.
How to sign up:
You can sign up to the Future You programme online here. If you would prefer to sign up using a pdf or paper form, please download a form and return to neaco@admin.cam.ac.uk
How to contact us:
If you have any questions about the programme or need help with completing the application please contact Clare.Bradshaw@admin.cam.ac.uk
If you want to contact us about consent, data or safeguarding please contact Colin.Mather@admin.cam.ac.uk (neaco Project Lead)
Future You has been developed in collaboration with Norfolk Virtual School, Suffolk Virtual School, Cambridgeshire County Council, Peterborough Virtual School and neaco university partner widening participation teams.