# Widening participation programmes
**Source**: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/widening-participation/
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Undergraduate
# Widening participation programmes
Our access programmes are designed to help talented students from underrepresented backgrounds join the University.
### Fair access to higher education
Contextual admissions and access schemes are some of the ways we help students from areas of low participation in higher education and from lower socio-economic backgrounds enter the University .
Find out more about the programmes we offer to help you get a taste of the university experience and take the first steps towards higher education.