Common use of Outreach measures Clause in Contracts

Outreach measures. At Leeds City College: In addition to our current outreach work for HE students, we have developed a ‘Progression to HE’ course for current Level 3 students. This will be delivered as part of the tutorial programme for L3 students and will focus on developing academic skills in preparation for entry into HE. This will not only benefit students progressing onto LCC HE courses but all students wishing to progress to HE at other institutions. The course will include the development of research skills and independent learning skills as preparation for the HE system. This can also be delivered in local schools by school teaching staff with input from relevant college staff where appropriate. Progression Officers and the School Liaison team will promote LCC HE opportunities to both internal students and prospective students from local schools. The Progression to HE course can also be offered as an online summer school to help prepare students for higher education At Leeds College of Music: It is acknowledged that the primary and secondary education systems do not always prepare young people for application to a conservatoire, and we recognise that identifying students with potential must begin at a young age. Our outreach activities support a long-term commitment to engaging with young people from a variety of backgrounds to aspire to and reach the standard required to access HE music courses. Much of our outreach work is collaborative, through local and regional partnerships, both working with young people and providing further opportunities for HE students to enhance their employability skills. Activities and partnerships include: • A Schools and Outreach Plan, which aims to develop partnerships with schools in the region and across the UK to raise attainment and aspiration to study music at HE level. • Community Music Project; all undergraduate students can elect to study a Community Music module with placement. We will place a significant focus on young people in under-represented groups, and provide additional funds to extend these projects beyond the 10-week placement. This provides a more sustained intervention that aims to deliver longer-term benefits to the wider community and raise attainment and aspiration to HE, • Saturday Music School. We provide bursaries for lower-income students to participate in SMS, a two-year programme of musical training to talented musicians aged 10-17, many of whom aspire to HE. • Leeds Cathedral Choir School partnership, seeking to raise aspiration and attainment amongst children in one of the most underprivileged areas of the city Collaborative Outreach Measures and Raising Attainment Leeds City College is committed to the Go Higher West Yorkshire – formerly HEART – partnership, an established consortium started in 2011 by twelve HE providers in West Yorkshire (FE colleges with HE provision, and universities). The Go Higher West Yorkshire partners represent a broad and diverse range of institutions offering a vast array of different courses, subjects, qualifications and modes of study. We are also committed to the National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP), secured by Go Higher West Yorkshire, which operates in the first instance until December 2018. Go Higher West Yorkshire’s mission is to work in partnership to act as a single point of contact for information on our Higher Education Provider partners, improving access to, and achievement in, Higher Education to enhance individual and economic development. This is achieved through Go Higher West Yorkshire’s internal structures: each of the twelve partners has representation on its governing Board and in two operational groups (the Business Engagement Planning Group, and the Widening Participation Planning Group). The Board comprises senior members of staff from each institution, to help drive the strategic direction of the partnership, as well as co-opted members from the Leeds City Region LEP, HEFCE, West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges and Yorkshire Universities, to ensure a joined-up approach and to maximise opportunities for partnership working. The Business Engagement Planning Group has a renewed remit for 2017, around working in partnership to xxxxxx an environment which supports partners in meeting the skills needs of the region, including the development of alternative progression routes into HE and qualifications – such as higher and degree apprenticeships – which aim to appeal to a wide range of students. The Widening Participation Planning Group has a focus on working with specific target groups, which include: Looked-After Young People and Care Leavers, NNCO schools which do not form part of NCOP and Y7 and 8 pupils in NCOP schools, mature and part time learners, young carers, and current HE students from non-traditional backgrounds. Activities include the collaborative summer school, where participants gain exposure to multiple HE providers, and Flood a School activities, where numerous student ambassadors from across the partnership shadow teachers for a day. Through this group, the Partnership has shared Access Agreement targets. The legacy of the Partnership’s NNCO is that Go Higher West Yorkshire remains committed to working with the schools where new relationships were formed under this initiative, by continuing for a further two years the contract of employment of both posts previously funded under NNCO; these have a focus on collaborative outreach and the higher level skills agenda, and will help ensure the Partnership’s NCOP acts as counterpart to this continuing activity. To further aid complementarity between the work of our own institution and the NCOP, LCC is represented on the NCOP Steering Group and will be employing and hosting an NCOP member of staff who will sit within our Higher Education Development Office team. This staff member will be our link with the central NCOP team, managed through Go Higher West Yorkshire, and outreach work within our own institution, and a key element of their role will be to develop community links in and work with key influencers from the target wards. To ensure complementarity with the Opportunity Area identified in the region, NCOP Wards Lead Officer will be working closely with those involved in the Opportunity Areas. The NCOP Steering Group has representatives from an academy in this Opportunity Area as well as from both Higher Education institutions which serve this area. Increase work to raise attainment in schools and colleges for those from disadvantaged and under- represented groups, including through outreach and/or strategic relationships. Through NCOP and the work with NCOP target schools GHWY will be working to develop resources for teachers and advisers around attainment-raising – with a particular focus on groups where there are identified attainment differentials – as well as CPD. There will also be a focus on subject/qualification choice in these schools as required.

Outreach measures. At Leeds City College: In addition to our current outreach work for HE students, we have developed a ‘Progression to HE’ course for current Level 3 students. This will be delivered as part of the tutorial programme for L3 students and will focus on developing academic skills in preparation for entry into HE. This will not only benefit students progressing onto LCC HE courses but all students wishing to progress to HE at other institutions. The course will include the development of research skills and independent learning skills as preparation for the HE system. This can also be delivered in local schools by school teaching staff with input from relevant college staff where appropriate. Progression Officers and the School Liaison team will promote LCC HE opportunities to both internal students and prospective students from local schools. The Progression to HE course can also be offered as an online summer school to help prepare students for higher education At Leeds College of Music: It is acknowledged that the primary and secondary education systems do not always prepare young people for application to a conservatoire, and we recognise that identifying students with potential must begin at a young age. Our outreach activities support a long-term commitment to engaging with young people from a variety of backgrounds to aspire to and reach the standard required to access HE music courses. Much of our outreach work is collaborative, through local and regional partnerships, both working with young people and providing further opportunities for HE students to enhance their employability skills. Activities and partnerships include: •  A Schools and Outreach Plan, which aims to develop partnerships with schools in the region and across the UK to raise attainment and aspiration to study music at HE level. •  Community Music Project; all undergraduate students can elect to study a Community Music module with placement. We will place a significant focus on young people in under-represented groups, and provide additional funds to extend these projects beyond the 10-week placement. This provides a more sustained intervention that aims to deliver longer-term benefits to the wider community and raise attainment and aspiration to HE, •  Saturday Music School. We provide bursaries for lower-income students to participate in SMS, a two-year programme of musical training to talented musicians aged 10-17, many of whom aspire to HE. •  Leeds Cathedral Choir School partnership, seeking to raise aspiration and attainment amongst children in one of the most underprivileged areas of the city Collaborative Outreach Measures and Raising Attainment Leeds City College is committed to the Go Higher West Yorkshire – formerly HEART – partnership, an established consortium started in 2011 by twelve HE providers in West Yorkshire (FE colleges with HE provision, and universities). The Go Higher West Yorkshire partners represent a broad and diverse range of institutions offering a vast array of different courses, subjects, qualifications and modes of study. We are also committed to the National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP), secured by Go Higher West Yorkshire, which operates in the first instance until December 2018. Go Higher West Yorkshire’s mission is to work in partnership to act as a single point of contact for information on our Higher Education Provider partners, improving access to, and achievement in, Higher Education to enhance individual and economic development. This is achieved through Go Higher West Yorkshire’s internal structures: each of the twelve partners has representation on its governing Board and in two operational groups (the Business Engagement Planning Group, and the Widening Participation Planning Group). The Board comprises senior members of staff from each institution, to help drive the strategic direction of the partnership, as well as co-opted members from the Leeds City Region LEP, HEFCE, West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges and Yorkshire Universities, to ensure a joined-up approach and to maximise opportunities for partnership working. The Business Engagement Planning Group has a renewed remit for 2017, around working in partnership to xxxxxx an environment which supports partners in meeting the skills needs of the region, including the development of alternative progression routes into HE and qualifications – such as higher and degree apprenticeships – which aim to appeal to a wide range of students. The Widening Participation Planning Group has a focus on working with specific target groups, which include: Looked-After Young People and Care Leavers, NNCO schools which do not form part of NCOP and Y7 and 8 pupils in NCOP schools, mature and part time learners, young carers, and current HE students from non-traditional backgrounds. Activities include the collaborative summer school, where participants gain exposure to multiple HE providers, and Flood a School activities, where numerous student ambassadors from across the partnership shadow teachers for a day. Through this group, the Partnership has shared Access Agreement targets. The legacy of the Partnership’s NNCO is that Go Higher West Yorkshire remains committed to working with the schools where new relationships were formed under this initiative, by continuing for a further two years the contract of employment of both posts previously funded under NNCO; these have a focus on collaborative outreach and the higher level skills agenda, and will help ensure the Partnership’s NCOP acts as counterpart to this continuing activity. To further aid complementarity between the work of our own institution and the NCOP, LCC is represented on the NCOP Steering Group and will be employing and hosting an NCOP member of staff who will sit within our Higher Education Development Office team. This staff member will be our link with the central NCOP team, managed through Go Higher West Yorkshire, and outreach work within our own institution, and a key element of their role will be to develop community links in and work with key influencers from the target wards. To ensure complementarity with the Opportunity Area identified in the region, NCOP Wards Lead Officer will be working closely with those involved in the Opportunity Areas. The NCOP Steering Group has representatives from an academy in this Opportunity Area as well as from both Higher Education institutions which serve this area. Increase work to raise attainment in schools and colleges for those from disadvantaged and under- represented groups, including through outreach and/or strategic relationships. Through NCOP and the work with NCOP target schools GHWY will be working to develop resources for teachers and advisers around attainment-raising – with a particular focus on groups where there are identified attainment differentials – as well as CPD. There will also be a focus on subject/qualification choice in these schools as required.

Outreach measures. At Leeds City College: In addition to our current outreach work for HE students, we have developed a ‘Progression to HE’ course for current Level 3 students. This will be delivered as part of the tutorial programme for L3 students and will focus on developing academic skills in preparation for entry into HE. This will not only benefit students progressing onto LCC HE courses but all students wishing to progress to HE at other institutions. The course will include the development of research skills and independent learning skills as preparation for the HE system. This can also be delivered in local schools by school teaching staff with input from relevant college staff where appropriate. Progression Officers and the School Liaison team will promote LCC HE opportunities to both internal students and prospective students from local schools. The Progression to HE course can also be offered as an online summer school to help prepare students for higher education At Leeds College of Music: It is acknowledged that the primary and secondary education systems do not always prepare young people for application to a conservatoire, and we recognise that identifying students with potential must begin at a young age. Our outreach activities support a long-term commitment to engaging with young people from a variety of backgrounds to aspire to and reach the standard required to access HE music courses. Much of our outreach work is collaborative, through local and regional partnerships, both working with young people and providing further opportunities for HE students to enhance their employability skills. Activities and partnerships include: • A Schools and Outreach Plan, which aims to develop partnerships with schools in the region and across the UK to raise attainment and aspiration to study music at HE level. •  Community Music Project; all undergraduate students can elect to study a Community Music module with placement. We From 2016/17, we will place a significant focus on young people in under-represented groups, and provide additional funds to extend these projects beyond the 10-week placement. This provides will provide a more sustained intervention that aims to deliver longer-term benefits to the wider community and raise attainment and aspiration to HE, •  Saturday Music School. We provide bursaries for lower-income students to participate in SMS, a two-year programme of musical training to talented musicians aged 10-17, many of whom aspire to HE. •  Leeds Cathedral Choir School partnership, seeking to raise aspiration and attainment amongst children in one of the most underprivileged areas of the city At Leeds City College we will continue to promote progression from FE to HE through:  Open days for both internal FE students and local schools  Applicant days  Taster sessions for internal students  A progression module for L3 students which develops the students’ academic writing skills and forms a link between the HE & FE courses  Online summer school for progression to HE Collaborative Outreach Measures and Raising Attainment Leeds City College is committed to the Go Higher West Yorkshire – formerly HEART – partnership, an Education Access Rewarding Transforming (HEART) partnership established consortium started in 2011 by twelve HE providers in West Yorkshire (FE colleges with HE provisionColleges providing HE, HEIs and universitiesUniversities). The Go Higher West Yorkshire partners represent a broad and diverse range of institutions offering a vast array of different courses, subjects, qualifications and modes of study. We are also committed to the National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP), secured by Go Higher West Yorkshire, which operates in the first instance until December 2018. Go Higher West Yorkshire’s .. HEARTs mission is remains to work in partnership to act as a single point of contact for information on our Higher Education Provider partners, improving improve access to, and achievement in, Higher Education to enhance individual and economic development. This is achieved through Go Higher West Yorkshire’s internal structures: each of the twelve partners has representation on its governing Board and in two operational groups (the Business Engagement Planning Group, and the Widening Participation Planning Group). The Board comprises senior members of staff from each institution, to help drive the strategic direction of the partnership, as well as co-opted members from the Leeds City Region LEP, HEFCE, West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges and Yorkshire Universities, to ensure a joined-up approach and to maximise opportunities See Appendix 1 for partnership working. The Business Engagement Planning Group has a renewed remit for 2017, around working in partnership to xxxxxx an environment which supports partners in meeting the skills needs of the region, including the development of alternative progression routes into HE and qualifications – such as higher and degree apprenticeships – which aim to appeal to a wide range of students. The Widening Participation Planning Group has a focus on working with specific target groups, which include: Looked-After Young People and Care Leavers, NNCO schools which do not form part of NCOP and Y7 and 8 pupils in NCOP schools, mature and part time learners, young carers, and current HE students from non-traditional backgrounds. Activities include the collaborative summer school, where participants gain exposure to multiple HE providers, and Flood a School activities, where numerous student ambassadors from across the partnership shadow teachers for a day. Through this group, the Partnership has shared Access Agreement targets. The legacy of the Partnership’s NNCO is that Go Higher West Yorkshire remains committed to working with the schools where new relationships were formed under this initiative, by continuing for a further two years the contract of employment of both posts previously funded under NNCO; these have a focus on information regarding collaborative outreach and the higher level skills agenda, and will help ensure the Partnership’s NCOP acts as counterpart to this continuing activity. To further aid complementarity between the work of our own institution and the NCOP, LCC is represented on the NCOP Steering Group and will be employing and hosting an NCOP member of staff who will sit within our Higher Education Development Office team. This staff member will be our link with the central NCOP team, managed through Go Higher West Yorkshire, and outreach work within our own institution, and a key element of their role will be to develop community links in and work with key influencers from the target wards. To ensure complementarity with the Opportunity Area identified in the region, NCOP Wards Lead Officer will be working closely with those involved in the Opportunity Areas. The NCOP Steering Group has representatives from an academy in this Opportunity Area as well as from both Higher Education institutions which serve this area. Increase work to raise attainment in schools and colleges for those from disadvantaged and under- represented groups, including through outreach and/or strategic relationships. Through NCOP and the work with NCOP target schools GHWY will be working to develop resources for teachers and advisers around attainment-raising – with a particular focus on groups where there are identified attainment differentials – as well as CPD. There will also be a focus on subject/qualification choice in these schools as required.HEART