Outreach work Sample Clauses

Outreach work. The University College has a thriving and expanding programme of outreach provision focused through the School and College Liaison Team and the faculties and is an active and committed member of the Xxxxxx Keynes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Aimhigher partnership. BCUC’s Regional Development Unit currently hosts and supports five members of staff employed by Aimhigher and works closely with the Aimhigher network in order to ensure that there is a high level of synergy between the two organisations and no duplication of effort. Activities which are undertaken by the School and College Liaison Team and the faculties include taster days, master classes and visits to schools and colleges to provide information and support through the UCAS process. These activities are largely targeted at institutions where there are lower levels of achievement, low levels of aspiration and little tradition of progression to higher education. The activities are funded through Aimhigher and BCUC’s Widening Access and Improving Retention budget. Aspiration raising is also supported through summer schools, funded through HEFCE’s national specialist programme and Aimhigher south east. BCUC’s Student Ambassadors scheme has been highlighted as an example of good practice by the Learning and Skills Council. This initiative has grown from a pilot (now embedded) providing support for pupils attending a partner further education college as part of the DfES’s 14-16 increased flexibility programme. Student Ambassadors are now engaged in a variety of supportive roles including acting as mentors and role models for pupils identified by schools as having the ability to progress to higher education but who appeared to not be considering university as an option. An example of the close relationship which BCUC staff and students have developed with local schools can be seen in the wide package of support provided to a local Fresh Start school which has included access to BCUC facilities, notably the recording studios, information technology and sports facilities. Curriculum links have been developed by BCUC’s Citizenship team who have worked with staff and pupils to establish the School Council and through links with students in the Leisure and Tourism faculty to provide sports coaching. In addition an increasing number of contacts are being established between course teams and senior managers at the school and BCUC. It is clear that not all decisions to continue into higher education are ba...

Outreach work. The College will continue to engage with local and sub-regional initiatives and agencies to attract under-represented clients into learning. This will be through existing strategies rather than through any additional resources generated by the income received from the tuition fees charged through this Agreement. The main activities will be through the work of Aimhigher and the Higher York Lifelong Learning Network.

Outreach work a) UCL is actively engaged in a wide range of widening participation-related activities. These include Summer Schools, a mentoring scheme, master classes and the innovative use of the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre and UCL’s outstanding collections of artefacts and works of art. In November 2003, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) noted that UCL’s report on its widening participation activity was exemplary and that a number of targets had been exceeded. b) Similar activities will continue beyond 2006 and will be funded at current levels. c) A new strand of activities, which will be funded from additional expenditure, will be phased in from 2006 onwards. Some of these activities will be open to all potential applicants or current students, as appropriate. Where this is the case, promotion of the activities will be targeted at students from lower socio-economic groups and at students from families who have had little contact with or experience of higher education. The new outreach activities are outlined in the remaining part of this section of the Access Agreement. d) Pre-enrolment study support scheme, to include a parental component, aimed at gifted students from lower socio-economic groups and/or with little direct experience of higher education. The focus will be upon subjects of particular relevance to pursuing science, engineering and modern language degree programmes. The scheme is currently in a developmental phase. The aim is to work with groups of students over a sustained period of time to help them to realise their full academic and personal potential. In developing this scheme it is intended to draw upon best practice from the United States where such programmes have been operating effectively for a number of years. e) Extended UCL degree programmes in high demand, vocationally-oriented subjects where the transition to university study may be particularly challenging. In effect, students admitted to these programmes will take the current first year UCL syllabus over a two-year period. Once again, this programme will be targeted at gifted students from lower socio-economic groups and/or with little direct experience of higher education. f) Pre-enrolment, employer placements: UCL aims to work with a range of local employers, including those in the public sector, to offer year-long work placements to students who have been accepted onto a degree programme at UCL. Through their involvement in the scheme students will develop their con...

Outreach work ncn currently engages in a substantial amount of outreach work and will continue to do so under this Access Agreement.

Outreach work. Participation with success is the primary goal of the University’s Widening Participation Strategy. We believe that access to higher education only has real value if those students who are recruited into the University continue and succeed in their studies. However, some students do not complete their awards and the improvement of retention rates is an institutional priority; the University has set a target to reduce non continuation rates to at or below the benchmark over the period of the Access Agreement. The University has a well developed culture of strong student support and aims to provide a high quality system of pastoral, personal and academic support for all students. Such support is viewed by the University as of central importance in encouraging students from underrepresented groups to study at the University in the knowledge that a wide range of support mechanisms exist. Pre and post entry support is provided through a range of initiatives and students are made aware of the systems of pastoral and personal support in the University through pre-entry events and activities. The Summer University enables students to access a number of learning skills courses designed to support preparation for university and their progression and success between different levels of study. Dyslexia and disability support is well developed and at confirmation and clearing, counsellors are available to provide students with advice on the support systems available. We intend to invest further to enhance the capacity of these activities. For students studying through partner colleges, the sector’s small group sizes and extensive experience of working with disadvantaged groups and students with specific learning needs ensure that students recruited to programmes delivered in the FE sector are intensely supported. For the benefit of internal students, the University intends to invest a significant proportion of anticipated new fee income recruiting additional academic staff to reduce staff- student ratios and on that basis to further improve our learning and teaching and tutorial support services. Investment will also be put into enhanced learning and skill support on all programmes and through an extension of Summer School and Summer University programmes in specific subject areas. A range of activities currently takes place with mature learners, this includes adult guidance work through the office of Student Affairs, a range of Access open days, for example Access to ...

Outreach work. The College will look to use its relationships with community centres, voluntary organisations and schools in the educationally deprived wards of the Borough to distribute information about the College’s HE provision. It is anticipated that this activity will take place between October 2008 and June 2009.

Outreach work. The College intends to use a minimum of 10 % of the additional fee income to fund further outreach work. This will principally involve the appointment of a full-time Widening Participation Officer who will continue to develop the work currently undertaken by the College with the following organisations: • Aimhigher • Universities (mainly University of Bath) • Swindon Schools: o Hreod Parkway o Churchfields o Dorcan Technology College o Headlands o Greendown Activities related to outreach work include: • Student Enrichment Programmes • Student Mentoring and E-Mentoring • Other Aimhigher events

Outreach work. As part of its widening participation policy, Birmingham City University has always been committed to delivering and participating in outreach activities. The UCE Character and Mission statement included this statement: ‘ UCE’s programmes and services should be available to all who can benefit from them, irrespective of social, economic, cultural and ethnic differences. UCE is active in reaching out to all parts of the community and will continue to be a major force in the struggle against social exclusion’. This commitment was confirmed in UCE’s Policy and Planning document for 2006 onwards. Birmingham City University’s vision, set out in its Corporate Plan, 2007-2012, states that the University will be recognised as ‘a force for equality and inclusion’. The University is engaged in a comprehensive outreach programme. These activities are listed in Appendix 1 and include summer schools, a student mentoring scheme and the Reach Out to Learning programme, all of which have established plans and funding for continuation and development which we do not view as additional activity. Our policy of inclusion and active aspiration raising has placed the University above benchmark in the following areas, according to the HESA National Performance Indicators: • Participation of mature students • Participation of students from state schools • Participation of students from NS-SEC social classes 4 to 7 • Participation of students from neighbourhoods with low participation in HE Young FT First degree students BCU % Benchmark% Difference% 2005/2006 State Schools 97 93.4 3.6 significantly better Low part neighbourhoods 18 15.9 2.1 Young FT Undergraduate students BCU % Benchmark% Difference% 2005/2006 State Schools 97.1 93.7 3.4 significantly better Social class 43.8 35.3 8.5 significantly better Low part neighbourhoods 19.1 17.3 1.8 Young FT Other Undergraduate students BCU % Benchmark% Difference% 2005/2006 State Schools 99.1 98.2 0.9 Social class 60 44.8 15.2 significantly better Low part neighbourhoods 24.2 23.6 0.6 BCU % Benchmark% Difference% 2005/2006 First degree 15.8 14.4 1.4 6 17.7 3.1 significantly better

Outreach work. The Essex Primary Schools Training Group works in close partnership with its training schools. It accepts and seeks to develop its continuing professional development responsibility for its linked schools and associates. This will include: 6.1 providing training for: • The 25 headteachers of the schools in the partnership, through sharing of good practice • Teacher mentors in the schools. • The provision of professional development opportunities for the course tutors.

Outreach work. Through its existing work with Aimhigher and its strong track record in widening participation, Roehampton has developed a wide portfolio of access measures. Brief details of current activities are outlined below. It is proposed that these activities will continue to be funded through the Improving Access funding received from HEFCE and Aimhigher funding. The work of the Widening Participation team at Roehampton has focused on a number of key areas, which have seen substantial development in the past five years. These are the areas that we are committed to delivering through partnerships and outreach work with schools and FE colleges in the sub-regions of south and west London, and Wandsworth: