Common use of Outreach Activities Clause in Contracts

Outreach Activities. To complement our bursaries and scholarship scheme we will continue to deliver and introduce new activities designed to maintain and enhance recruitment of students currently underrepresented. The new activities have been designed to provide steady, incremental growth in our outreach work, building on our previous wide experience. The following activities will be funded from additional fees income: Lancaster University Volunteer Unit (LUVU) Schools Partnership (£46,000): a community outreach programme delivered in partnership with 18 primary and 9 secondary schools in the Lancaster, Morecambe, Blackpool and surrounding areas for approximately 2000 pupils from low socio-economic and low participation areas. Activity will build on initiatives from 2006/07: Campus-based curriculum days for year 10 students Supporting 6th form students with leadership training and helping them create and run social businesses. Additional match funding from the charity ”v” has expanded the scope of this work. Significant student placement in WP schools to assist with basic skills Creation of University credit bearing activity for students to provide subject expertise to needy schools. Students develop teaching resources for projects and lead specialist teaching sessions Developments will include expansion of the University credit bearing scheme to other subject areas and planned expansion of the social business activity in partnership with Burnley Football Club which will target “difficult to reach” young people. In general the activity will provide access to university staff, students, resources and facilities, promote higher education and active citizenship, enhance confidence, increase pupil and teacher awareness and knowledge of higher education, and provide voluntary work opportunities for over 100 Lancaster undergraduates to enhance their employability. The activity will extend the existing portfolio of LUVU community based activities, complement Aimhigher activities and respond to an identified need discussed with local schools. This additional funding will be provided by the University to strengthen specific targeting on disadvantaged young people. Indeed a key aspect of the NW Excellence Hub will be its determination to seek out, and to support, giftedness and talent among children who come from poorer homes and homes which have no tradition of higher education. The Hub will provide free or subsidised courses to around 550 disadvantaged youngsters who will take up to at least a third of the places available. There will be summer schools, masterclasses with academics, weekend events and online learning. Courses will take place not just at the three universities in the Hub but also at outside organisations such as museums and art galleries, orchestras and football clubs. Innovative developments will include awarding credit for university modules taken by the youngsters, and developing parent and children learning so the families do not feel left out of their offspring’s education.

Outreach Activities. To complement The University will to continue to run a number of the most successful Aimhigher interventions and will retain relevant core staff during the interim year 2011-12 and beyond. We also recognise the critical role that both placement students and student ambassadors have had (as part of the Aimhigher programme) in raising the aspirations of under-represented students and helping to demystify HE. We are keen to continue to use our bursaries and scholarship scheme we own BU students to this end. We will continue to deliver target schools and introduce new activities colleges identified during the Aimhigher period and will explore how to expand this outreach to schools outside the Aimhigher geographical area, including at national level. In addition, our close links with local Academies in LPN areas – notably St Aldhelm’s and Oakmead – will be developed further. We are currently leading a small research project designed to maintain and enhance recruitment of learn about future students currently underrepresented. The new activities have been designed to provide steady, incremental growth in our outreach work, building on our previous wide experience. The following activities will be funded from additional fees income: Lancaster University Volunteer Unit (LUVU) Schools Partnership (£46,000): a community outreach programme delivered in partnership with 18 primary and 9 secondary schools in the Lancaster, Morecambe, Blackpool and surrounding areas aspirations for approximately 2000 pupils from low socio-economic and low participation areas. Activity will build on initiatives from 2006/07: Campus-based curriculum days for year 10 students Supporting 6th form students with leadership training and helping them create and run social businesses. Additional match funding from the charity ”v” has expanded the scope of this work. Significant student placement in WP schools to assist with basic skills Creation of University credit bearing activity for students to provide subject expertise to needy schools. Students develop teaching resources for projects and lead specialist teaching sessions Developments will include expansion of the University credit bearing scheme to other subject areas and planned expansion of the social business activity in partnership with Burnley Football Club which will target “difficult to reach” young people. In general the activity will provide access to university staff, students, resources and facilities, promote their higher education and active citizenshiphave conducted recorded interviews with children from a range of schools to elicit the ‘applicant voice’. This has informed our plans for fair access and our wider student experience activities and will be developed into a local ‘children’s commission’ for the ongoing engagement of BU with schools in our locale. The recorded material will be used in an internal awareness raising and staff development programme. The activities which are proposed to be funded are Summer Schools, enhance confidenceMentoring, increase pupil Campus visits, Taster Days, Master Classes, Information and teacher awareness and knowledge of higher educationGuidance sessions, Staff Development, supporting Looked After Children (LAC) Virtual Schools, and provide voluntary work opportunities students with a disability. All of the above events for over 100 Lancaster undergraduates pre-16 learners have been proven to enhance their employabilityraise aspirations amongst the target groups. The activity Evidence is available from local Aimhigher Area evaluations and widely acknowledged by national research. Post-16 support for learners will extend the existing portfolio of LUVU community based activities, complement Aimhigher activities and respond be offered through specific guidance in helping students make appropriate applications to an identified need discussed with local HE. BU will fund a peripatetic impartial HE guidance role for target schools. This additional funding By 2012/13 we intend to have in place Compact Agreements with relevant target schools and colleges. We will be provided by build these agreements during 2011/12. In time, these are likely to extend to our target institutions’ feeder schools at Primary level. In this context, we recognise that parents, carers and guardians are important influencers and will endeavour to reach more parents via Primary-level feeder schools over the University to strengthen specific targeting on disadvantaged young people. Indeed a key aspect of the NW Excellence Hub will be its determination to seek out, and to support, giftedness and talent among children who come from poorer homes and homes which have no tradition of higher education. The Hub will provide free or subsidised courses to around 550 disadvantaged youngsters who will take up to at least a third of the places available. There will be summer schools, masterclasses with academics, weekend events and online learning. Courses will take place not just at the three universities in the Hub but also at outside organisations such as museums and art galleries, orchestras and football clubs. Innovative developments will include awarding credit for university modules taken by the youngsters, and developing parent and children learning so the families do not feel left out of their offspring’s educationnext few years.

Outreach Activities. To complement our bursaries and scholarship scheme we will continue to deliver and introduce new activities designed to maintain and enhance recruitment of students currently underrepresented. The new activities have been designed to provide steady, incremental growth in our outreach work, building on our previous wide experience. The following activities will be funded from additional fees income: Lancaster University Volunteer Unit (LUVU) Schools Partnership (£46,000): a community outreach programme delivered in partnership with 18 primary and 9 secondary schools in the Lancaster, Morecambe, Blackpool and surrounding areas for approximately 2000 pupils from low socio-economic and low participation areas. Activity will build on initiatives from 2006/07: • Campus-based curriculum days for year 10 students • Supporting 6th form students with leadership training and helping them create and run social businesses. Additional match funding from the charity ”v” has expanded the scope of this work. • Significant student placement in WP schools to assist with basic skills • Creation of University credit bearing activity for students to provide subject expertise to needy schools. Students develop teaching resources for projects and lead specialist teaching sessions Developments will include expansion of the University credit bearing scheme to other subject areas and planned expansion of the social business activity in partnership with Burnley Football Club which will target “difficult to reach” young people. In general the activity will provide access to university staff, students, resources and facilities, promote higher education and active citizenship, enhance confidence, increase pupil and teacher awareness and knowledge of higher education, and provide voluntary work opportunities for over 100 Lancaster undergraduates to enhance their employability. The activity will extend the existing portfolio of LUVU community based activities, complement Aimhigher activities and respond to an identified need discussed with local schools. This additional funding will be provided by the University to strengthen specific targeting on disadvantaged young people. Indeed a key aspect of the NW Excellence Hub will be its determination to seek out, and to support, giftedness and talent among children who come from poorer homes and homes which have no tradition of higher education. The Hub will provide free or subsidised courses to around 550 disadvantaged youngsters who will take up to at least a third of the places available. There will be summer schools, masterclasses with academics, weekend events and online learning. Courses will take place not just at the three universities in the Hub but also at outside organisations such as museums and art galleries, orchestras and football clubs. Innovative developments will include awarding credit for university modules taken by the youngsters, and developing parent and children learning so the families do not feel left out of their offspring’s education.

Outreach Activities. To complement Edge Hill already operates a high level of outreach activities to support our bursaries Widening Participation Strategy. We offer a full menu of outreach activities covering HE Experience Days, Study Skills and scholarship Revision workshops, Preparation for HE (including student life and finance awareness), Parents events, Access programmes and staff development for Connexions staff and school careers teachers/advisors. Our current spend on these activities is in excess of £500,000 per annum. In addition to this commitment, Edge Hill invests more than 10% of the new income generated from variable fees to enhance our Widening Participation work through aspiration-raising activities and targeted post entry support. In further developing our outreach strategy, new income has allowed us to target our activities much more specifically towards awareness-raising amongst those who have a strong influencing impact on learners who may not previously have considered higher education as an option. In particular, we look to reach out to parents, minority ethnic and other community groups and advisory services such as Connexions. We are committed to the following new work and will review our position in relation to further projects annually in the light of actual income received. Many of these projects commenced in 2005 requiring an up-front spend in advance of income receipt. 5 The University may increase the number and variety of scholarships available under this scheme 6 The University may increase the number and variety of scholarships available under this scheme We are currently actively involved in 2 sub-regional Aimhigher Projects (Greater Merseyside and Lancashire) providing a range of aspiration and attainment raising activities from Years 8 –13 plus development of progression routes for mature, part-time and WBL students. Edge Hill believes that aspiration-raising and attainment is the single most important factor in lifting the number of students from disadvantaged and low- income families entering higher education. We already work closely with local schools and colleges and the advisory services to identify potential and encourage participation. In addition to our current work we aim to: ▪ Develop and deliver a structured aspiration and awareness raising programme for Care Leavers, to include carers and Social Services Professionals. ▪ Provide subject-based sessions/master-classes at selected schools/colleges delivered by Edge Hill academic staff from all disciplines. This is estimated at 75 events in the first year with anticipated growth over the life of the agreement. ▪ Develop strategy and targeted activities aimed at increasing black and minority ethnic recruitment through an additional appointment to the Widening participation team. Specifically this will continue include new marketing and information publications and liaison with community groups. ▪ Deliver targeted taster days/events for parents and minority ethnic groups. ▪ Continue to deliver work with a range of employer and introduce FE partners to develop new Foundation Degree provision targeted towards mature, part-time and low participation groups. ▪ Work towards the delivery of Preparation for HE courses to targeted groups of undergraduate students following a successful pilot in 2006. ▪ Provide sessions to support General Studies teaching to support local Schools and Colleges and to further raise pupil aspirations. ▪ Work across Lancashire and Greater Merseyside partnerships in support of the new 14-19 Diplomas to provide academic input into curriculum design and development to ensure equality of access to HE for Diploma students and support IAG and senior manager expertise in the development of the Transitions strand to ensure appropriate progression routes are available. ▪ Develop strategy and targeted activities designed to maintain and enhance aimed at increasing the recruitment of students currently underrepresented. The new activities have been designed to provide steadyyoung, incremental growth in our outreach work, building on our previous wide experience. The following activities will be funded white males from additional fees income: Lancaster University Volunteer Unit (LUVU) Schools Partnership (£46,000): a community outreach programme delivered in partnership with 18 primary and 9 secondary schools in the Lancaster, Morecambe, Blackpool and surrounding areas for approximately 2000 pupils from low socio-economic deprived and low participation areas. Activity will build Raising aspiration must be accompanied by clear and accurate information about the opportunities available and the costs involved so that students can make real choices. Our ongoing programme of information provision includes: ▪ Ensuring that clear information about the financial implications of the university’s learning opportunities is available to all potential students through their channel of choice including websites, printed information, face-to-face contact at outreach events and Open Days. ▪ Developing and delivering financial support advice sessions in the region in conjunction with local LEAs and current students. (Target group – parents) ▪ Further developing the Pre-entry Guidance Service. ▪ Researching the effectiveness of communication of the Edge Hill financial package and adapting information accordingly. ▪ Further promoting progression opportunities from FE to HE especially through existing Partner Colleges which recruit from low participation neighbourhoods. ▪ Targeting communications in low participation neighbourhoods. ▪ Highlighting the benefits of HE coupled with affordability messages based on initiatives from 2006/07: Campusnational and EHU initiatives. ▪ Delivering awareness sessions for Aimhigher Co-based curriculum days for year 10 ordinators and Connexions staff ▪ Exploitation of new technologies such as internet social networking to engage and communicate with potential students Supporting 6th form students with leadership training about all aspects of progression to HE. Edge Hill believes that the levels of personal and helping them create and run social businesses. Additional match funding from the charity ”v” has expanded the scope of this work. Significant student placement in WP schools to assist with basic skills Creation of University credit bearing activity academic support provided for students whilst on-course are crucial in encouraging non-traditional students to provide subject expertise to needy schools. Students develop teaching resources for projects and lead specialist teaching sessions Developments will include expansion of the University credit bearing scheme to other subject areas and planned expansion of the social business activity in partnership with Burnley Football Club which will target “difficult to reach” young people. In general the activity will provide access to university staff, students, resources and facilities, promote higher education and active citizenship, enhance confidence, increase pupil and teacher awareness and knowledge of higher education, and provide voluntary work opportunities for over 100 Lancaster undergraduates to enhance their employability. The activity will extend the existing portfolio of LUVU community based activities, complement Aimhigher activities and respond to an identified need discussed with local schools. This additional funding will be provided by the University to strengthen specific targeting on disadvantaged young people. Indeed a key aspect of the NW Excellence Hub will be its determination to seek out, and to support, giftedness and talent among children who come from poorer homes and homes which have no tradition of enter higher education. This is especially true for first generation students, mature students, students with disabilities and some minority ethnic groups. Equally, an essential part of aspiration-raising relies on generating learner confidence around debt management and the added value of a degree in gaining employment. The Hub will provide free or subsidised courses following activities build on the life-cycle support model employed at Edge Hill and are especially important to around 550 disadvantaged youngsters who will take up the recruitment of under- represented groups: ▪ Development of specific mentoring schemes for minority ethnic students and other targeted groups. ▪ The establishment of learner/student support schemes within each Faculty to at least a third identify study skills/learning needs. ▪ Further development of the places availableEdge Hill Job Shop to provide monitored employment opportunities for students. There ▪ Development of specific careers guidance input for applicants and new entrants. ▪ Development of work placement schemes as options for all undergraduate provision. ▪ Enhancement of the FirstWeek programme and mentoring schemes to ensure one-to-one as well as group relationships are established. ▪ Establishment and maintenance of a designated contact worker in support of Care Leavers entering and progressing through University and development of a specific peer support ‘buddying’ scheme for Care Leavers. These activities and those under 4 below will be summer schoolssupported through the annual budget review to provide additional staff, masterclasses with academics, weekend events essential training/staff development and online learning. Courses will take place not just at the three universities in the Hub but also at outside organisations such as museums and art galleries, orchestras and football clubs. Innovative developments will include awarding credit for university modules taken by the youngsters, and developing parent and children learning so the families do not feel left out of their offspring’s educationmaterials/equipment.