We are proudly a university of place - locally, nationally and internationally. This commitment to place - and with it, opportunity - means we are a leader in widening access to higher education to students from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds. We have admitted more students from neighbourhoods with historically low numbers going to university than any other provider in the UK for years in a row Our widening participation team works with more than 1,100 educational settings and engages with more than 60,000 young people in our region every year Alongside the University of Sheffield, we run the Higher Education Progression Partnership South Yorkshire (HeppSY), to support young people most at risk of missing out on higher education