The Sutton Trust in the UK has run summer schools aimed at 11th grade students from a "non-traditional higher education background" since 1997. Around 10,000 young people have participated in the program, which aims to widen participation in higher education. A new report from the University of Bristol looked at young people's subsequent applications and registrations to universities. It found that the summer schools are effective in generating proportionately more applications and registrations to universities by attendees. Underprivileged students are less likely to target the more elite universities, but the summer schools helped to reduce this difference. Overall, the authors believe that summer schools can make a valuable contribution to widening participation in higher education.