Linking London Sample Clauses

Linking London. Middlesex has been a partner in the Linking London Lifelong Learning Partnership since its formation, and will maintain its involvement on a subscription basis. This partnership will continue to work with its University and College members to enhance and widen the opportunities for students, particularly those with vocational qualifications, to engage in Higher Education.

Linking London s core aims are to support recruitment, retention and progression into and through higher education for FT and PT students including those on higher apprenticeships and work based learning schemes. Social mobility and the pursuit of improvements in social justice through education are core principles underpinning this collaborative outreach work.

Linking London. Linking London is a partnership comprised of universities, colleges, sixth form colleges, schools, awarding bodies, jisc Regional Support Centre, the London Councils Young People's Education and Skills team and unionlearn. The partnership aims to support recruitment, retention and progression into and through higher education, in all its variety, including full and part time, higher apprenticeships and work based learning and employment. Linking London partners have developed a collaborative information, advice and guidance offer, with relevant activities each term, including as drop-in advice surgeries on supporting statements and finance, a calendar of partner activity and a range of topical road shows. These activities are delivered by Linking London partner universities working collaboratively together to provide impartial and up to date information and advice to college learners studying A-level, BTEC and Access to HE Diploma qualifications. Overall King’s College London’s widening participation schemes have a high uptake among BME participants. But we are keen to further nuance our approach to increase the number of under-represented students (specifically, though not exclusively, African Caribbean students) applying for and gaining a place on programmes such as King’s Scholars and K+. Looking ahead to 2018-19 we plan to expand on successful strategic partnerships with BME community organisations, especially Xxxx Bursaries, to raise awareness of and engagement in our widening participation activities. We will host an annual event for Xxxx Xxxxxxx holders and Associates, as well as establish a scholarship for black boys, in association with Xxxx, to encourage more high achieving young black men to choose King’s. Furthermore we will develop a media campaign targeting black students. This will have a dual purpose – to increase applications from this group to our K+ programme, as well as raise awareness of King’s more generally as a destination for able black students. We will partner with the high profile BME-focussed media agency Powerful Media to sponsor their annual ‘Future Leaders’ publication with the aim of raising the profile both of King’s and of our widening participation initiatives among their readers. King’s College London is keen to support access to the teaching profession and now awards needs-based bursaries to PGCE and Schools Direct students and King’s graduates who wish to join Teach First. The King’s Teacher Advocate Award assists NQT...

Linking London. Linking London is a unique network of twenty eight partners made up of universities, colleges, sixth form colleges, schools, awarding and professional bodies, jisc Regional Support Centre, the London Councils Young People's Education and Skills team and unionlearn. The network has been in existence for over seven years and covers the geographic areas of central, south, east and north London, but also works collaboratively with others to ensure a Pan London overview and approach. The core aims of the partnership are to support recruitment, retention and progression into and through higher education. Through Linking London membership partners work both collaboratively, and individually, to maximise their contribution to targeted student engagement and achievement, social mobility and in pursuit of improvements in social justice through education. Please see the attached template for further details on SOAS’ engagement.

Linking London. Birkbeck hosts the Linking London network, a unique network of twenty eight partners made up of universities, colleges, sixth form colleges, schools, awarding and professional bodies, Jisc Regional Support Centre, the London Councils Young People's Education and Skills team and unionlearn. The core aims of the partnership are to support recruitment, retention and progression into and through higher education. Through Linking London membership partners work both collaboratively and individually to maximise their contribution to targeted student engagement and achievement, social mobility and in pursuit of improvements in social justice through education. One of our initiatives with Linking London is to work in collaboration with other HEIs to deliver advice and information sessions to FE colleges and Sixth-Form Colleges in order to encourage successful applications from students with a variety of qualifications. We also work with Linking London to ensure that advisors within colleges and schools are aware of the full range of HE options so that they can communicate it effectively to the students they advise within their institutions.

Linking London. Linking London is a unique partnership of 39 partners made up of universities, colleges, sixth form colleges, schools, awarding bodies, jisc Regional Support Centre, the London Councils Young People's Education and Skills team and unionlearn. The network has been in existence since 2006. The core aims of our partnership are to support recruitment, retention and progression into and through higher education, in all its variety, including full and part time, higher apprenticeships and work based learning and employment. Through Linking London membership partners work both collaboratively, and individually, to maximise their contribution to targeted student engagement and achievement, social mobility and in pursuit of improvements in social justice through education.