IntoUniversity
Mark Passera is an experienced academic currently serving as a Lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University and as a Faculty Member at Unicaf, alongside volunteering with IntoUniversity. Prior roles include academic positions at the University of Dundee, Kingston University, and the University of the Arts London. Mark has held various senior lecturer and program leader roles primarily at Bournemouth University and Edinburgh Napier University. Mark's educational background includes a PhD in Politics from the University of Bristol, an MA in Politics from the University of Sussex, and multiple qualifications in digital marketing and academic practice from Squared Online and Bournemouth University, respectively.
IntoUniversity
IntoUniversity is an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres which provide an education programme to support young people facing disadvantage in achieving their chosen aspiration. We target children and young people most at risk of failing to meet their potential to go to university due to economic, social, cultural, or linguistic disadvantage. IntoUniversity provides practical learning support and motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18. We currently have 44 centres across England and Scotland. IntoUniversity is an on-going and long-term service: at the heart of the programme is the belief that underachievement is best addressed in the context of a long-term pastoral engagement with young people where we can build their esteem and support their learning in order that they can reach their potential.