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Collaborative working between institutions. Birmingham City University will continue the collaborative Aimhigher West Midlands partnership, which was established in 2011/12 with the University of Birmingham, Aston University and University College Birmingham, and in 2016/17 will extend to include The University of Worcester. The partnership met its yearly milestones in 2013/14 and is on course to do so again in 2014/ 15. We therefore confirm our intention to engage 1,000 disadvantaged young people in Aimhigher’s intensive activity in each year from 2015/16 to 2019/20, and to increase the number and geographical range of the schools we work with. Birmingham City University will jointly fund Aimhigher with a contribution of £35,000 in 2016/17 and will be intimately involved in its governance and management. The outreach activities delivered through the partnership will complement the University’s own extensive programme of widening access and fair access measures outlined elsewhere in this agreement. Our non-OFFA linked collaborative work to broker, coordinate and deliver outreach activities and events for higher education advice and guidance practitioners working to support the progression of disadvantaged young people will be greatly extended as a result of Aimhigher West Midlands’ success in becoming part of the HEFCE- funded NNCO initiative. Aimhigher West Midlands has a comprehensive evaluation strategy to monitor targeting, engagement, the progression of beneficiaries and the impact of Aimhigher on aspiration, attainment and progression to HE. This work has progressed to schedule via a PhD linked research project with the Centre for Higher Education Equity and Access. Large control and experimental groups span the 11-19 phase and include young people who meet all, some or no WP targeting criteria. Analysis to date suggests that engagement in Aimhigher during Key Stage 3 and 4 generates increased aspiration towards higher education (+12.5% above non-participants) and is associated with improved KS4 attainment (62.1% of learners engaged 6 times achieved 5 GCSEs at A*-C (including English and maths) compared to a cohort average of 56%). Initial findings suggest the full-time HE application rate for the cohort of Aimhigher beneficiaries attaining the age of 18 or 19 during 2011/12 is higher (43.7%) than that for the local population of 18 and 19 year olds (30.6%). The partnership’s ability to evaluate causality and impact in such detail is dependent on access to learner level data from schools, local authorities, DfE and UCAS. However, at the time of writing UCAS future policy on access to learner-level data is unclear and we are working with the HEAT initiative to overcome these risks.

Collaborative working between institutions. Birmingham City University will continue the collaborative Aimhigher West Midlands partnership, which was partnership established in 2011/12 2011-12 with the University of Birmingham, Aston University and University College Birmingham, and in 2016/17 will extend to include The University of Worcesterits four partner HEIs. The partnership met its yearly milestones in 2013/14 2014-15 and is on course to do so again in 2014/ 152015-16. We therefore confirm our intention to engage 1,000 disadvantaged young people in Aimhigher’s intensive activity in each year from 2015/16 2017-18 to 2019/20, and 2020-21. We will also take steps to increase the number and geographical range proportion of the schools we work withwhite disadvantaged males within this cohort, whilst maintaining our strong engagement with learners from BME heritage backgrounds. Birmingham City University will jointly fund Aimhigher with a contribution of £35,000 in 2016/17 2017-18 and will be intimately involved in its governance and management. The outreach activities delivered through the partnership will complement the University’s own extensive programme of widening access and fair access measures outlined elsewhere in this agreement. Our non-OFFA linked The partnership is exploring ways to sustain the wider collaborative work to broker, coordinate and deliver outreach activities and events for higher education advice and guidance practitioners working to support the progression of disadvantaged young people will be greatly extended it undertakes with a further seven regional institutions as a result of Aimhigher West Midlands’ success in becoming part of the HEFCE- funded NNCO initiative, current HEFCE funding for which ceases at the end of December 2016. Aimhigher West Midlands has a undertakes comprehensive evaluation strategy to monitor targeting, engagement, the progression of beneficiaries and the impact of Aimhigher on aspiration, attainment and progression to HE. This work has progressed to schedule its interventions via a PhD linked research project with the Centre for Higher Education Equity and Access. Large including both control and experimental groups span the 11-19 phase and include young people who meet all, some or no WP targeting criteriagroups. Analysis to date Tracking suggests that engagement in Aimhigher intervention during Key Stage 3 and 4 generates increased aspiration towards higher education (+12.5% above non-participants) and is associated with improved KS4 attainment (62.1% attainment. The proportion of Aimhigher- engaged Pupil Premium learners engaged 6 times achieved attaining 5 x GCSEs at A*-C (A* - C including English and mathsmaths exceeded that of regional Pupil Premium learners over the three years 2011-12 to 2013-14. Research1 suggests that ongoing GCSE reform over the period of this agreement (the introduction of a nine point grade system and Progress / Attainment 8 measures) compared will reduce national attainment, and that this may have a disproportionate impact on outcomes for disadvantaged learners. We have re-framed our GCSE impact targets to a cohort average reflect past performance and the likely impact of 56%)ongoing curriculum reform. Initial findings suggest Our tracking of beneficiaries into higher education has been delayed by the full-time HE application rate for the cohort refusal of Aimhigher beneficiaries attaining the age of 18 or 19 during 2011/12 is higher (43.7%) than that for the local population of 18 and 19 year olds (30.6%). The partnership’s ability UCAS to evaluate causality and impact in such detail is dependent on access to release learner level data from schoolsdata. This has necessitated the use of HESA data, local authoritiesallowing us to track our first cohort, DfE who entered higher education in 2013 and UCASwere retained for 6 months. However, at We have revised our targets accordingly and have also removed the time of writing UCAS future policy on access to learner-level data is unclear and we are working with the HEAT initiative to overcome these risksNS–SEC measure for this target.

Collaborative working between institutions. Birmingham City University will continue the collaborative Aimhigher West Midlands partnership, which was partnership established in 2011/12 2011-12 with the University of Birmingham, Aston University and University College Birmingham, and in 2016/17 will extend to include The University of Worcester. The partnership met exceeded its yearly milestones in 2013/14 2012-13 and is on course target to do so again in 2014/ 152013-14. We therefore We, therefore, confirm our intention to engage 1,000 disadvantaged increase the number of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds engaged in Aimhigher’s intensive mentoring and residential activity in to 1,000 each year from 2015/16 2014-15 to 2019/202018-19, retaining a focus on pre-16 students. In response to demand we will also continue to deliver less intensive activities for young people and parents and events for higher education advice and guidance practitioners working to increase support the number and geographical range progression of the schools we work withdisadvantaged young people. Birmingham City University will jointly fund Aimhigher with a contribution of £35,000 in 2016/17 2014-15 and will continue to be intimately involved in its governance and management. Opportunities to extend the partnership’s delivery via engagement with other HEIs , alignment with the National Strategy for Student Access and Success and other relevant policy developments / funding streams will be explored. The outreach activities delivered through the partnership will complement the Birmingham City University’s own extensive programme of widening access and fair access measures outlined elsewhere in this agreement. Our non-OFFA linked collaborative work to broker, coordinate and deliver outreach activities and events for higher education advice and guidance practitioners working to support the progression of disadvantaged young people will be greatly extended as a result of Aimhigher West Midlands’ success in becoming part of the HEFCE- funded NNCO initiative. Aimhigher West Midlands The partnership has a comprehensive evaluation strategy to monitor targeting, engagement, the progression of beneficiaries and the impact of Aimhigher on aspiration, attainment and progression to HE. This work has progressed to schedule via a PhD linked research project with the Centre for Higher Education Equity and Access. Large control and experimental groups span the 11-19 phase and include young people who meet all, some or no WP targeting criteriacriterion. Analysis to date suggests that engagement in Aimhigher during Key Stage 3 and 4 generates increased aspiration towards higher education (+12.5% above non-non- participants) and is associated with improved KS4 attainment (62.1% of learners engaged 6 times achieved 5 GCSEs at A*-C (A*-C, including English and maths) Maths, compared to a cohort average of 56%). Initial findings suggest the full-time HE application rate for the cohort of Aimhigher beneficiaries attaining the age of 18 or 19 during 2011/12 is higher (43.7%) than that for the local population of 18 and 19 year olds (30.6%). The partnership’s ability to evaluate causality and impact in such detail is dependent on access to learner level data from schools, local authorities, DfE authorities and UCAS. However, at At the time of writing UCAS future policy on access to learner-level data is unclear and we are working with the HEAT initiative to overcome these risksunclear.

Collaborative working between institutions. Birmingham City University will continue the collaborative Aimhigher West Midlands partnership, which was partnership established in 2011/12 2011-12 with the University of Birmingham, Aston University and University College Birmingham, and in 2016/17 will extend to include The University of Worcester. The partnership met exceeded its yearly baseline year milestones in 2013/14 2011/12 and is on course target to do so again in 2014/ 152012/13. We therefore We, therefore, confirm our intention to engage 1,000 disadvantaged increase the number of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds engaged in Aimhigher’s Aimhigher‟s intensive mentoring and residential activity to 750 in 2013/14 and to 1,000 each year from 2015/16 2014/15. In response to 2019/20, demand we will also continue to deliver less intensive activities to a larger number of young people and parents and to increase support events for higher education advice and guidance practitioners working to support the number and geographical range progression of the schools we work withdisadvantaged young people. Birmingham City University will jointly fund Aimhigher with a contribution of £35,000 in 2016/17 2014/15 and will continue to be intimately involved in its governance and management. The outreach Opportunities to engage other HEIs in elements of the Aimhigher programme will be pursued, as will opportunities to align with the National Strategy for Student Access and Success and other relevant policy developments and initiatives. These partnership activities delivered through the partnership will complement the University’s Birmingham City University‟s own extensive programme of widening access and fair access measures outlined elsewhere in this agreement. Our non-OFFA linked The Aimhigher partnership‟s collaborative work to broker, coordinate and deliver outreach activities and events for higher education advice and guidance practitioners working to support the progression evaluation of disadvantaged young people will be greatly extended as a result of Aimhigher West Midlands’ success in becoming part of the HEFCE- funded NNCO initiative. Aimhigher West Midlands has a comprehensive evaluation strategy to monitor targeting, engagement, the progression of beneficiaries and the impact of Aimhigher on aspiration, attainment and progression to HE. This its work has progressed to schedule schedule. Longitudinal evaluation and tracking, commenced during the nationally funded phase of Aimhigher, continues via a PhD linked research project with the Centre for Higher Education Equity and Access. Large The study‟s control and experimental groups span the 1114-19 phase and include young people who meet all, some or no WP targeting criteriacriterion. Analysis to date suggests that Aimhigher engagement in Aimhigher during Key Stage 3 and 4 generates increased aspiration towards higher education (+12.5% above non-participants) and is associated with improved KS4 attainment (62.1% of learners engaged 6 times achieved 5 GCSEs at A*-C (A*-C, including English and maths) Maths, compared to a cohort average of 56%). Initial findings suggest the full-time HE application rate for the cohort of Aimhigher beneficiaries attaining the age of 18 or 19 during 2011/12 is higher (43.7%) than that for the local population of 18 and 19 year olds (30.6%). The partnership’s ability to evaluate causality and impact in such detail is dependent on access to learner level data from schools, local authorities, DfE and UCAS. However, at the time of writing UCAS future policy on access to learnerMore detailed analyses by different socio-level data is unclear and we economic indicators are working with the HEAT initiative to overcome these risksongoing.