Reports
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Building student engagement and belonging in Higher Education at a time of change:
published: March-2012This report challenges institutions to look afresh at their priorities and consider: how the curriculum might be reorganised to provide for sustained engagement between teachers and students; how teaching can be organised to create student learning communities.
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Effective Partnerships
published: January-2010Aimhigher was an educational programme which worked across all phases of education to support the progression of young people. This review focuses on the the way in which these partnerships operated, the strengths and key challenges for partnerships, and the effectiveness of the brokerage provided.
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Review of Further Education Colleges’ Widening Participation Strategic Assessments
published: December-2009This thematic review by Action on Access of the WPSAs prepared by the Further Education Colleges provides a descriptive overview of distinctive and particular the ways in which colleges are approaching widening participation in their HE provision from 2009 onwards.
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Review of Widening Participation Strategic Assessments
published: December-2009A thematic review of WPSAs from 129 HEIs in 2009 illustrates evolving institutional strategies to mainstream widening participation as an institutional priority, demonstrates high levels of commitment and support for widening participation, and offers lessons for writing WPSAs and Access Agreements
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Mainstreaming and Sustaining Widening Participation in Institutions
published: August-2009Action on Access, alongside the institutions in the programme, developed and implemented a programme to assist higher education institutions in England and Northern Ireland to “mainstream and sustain” widening participation. This final report offers lessons for writing WPSAs and Access Agreements.
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Boys into HE
published: July-2009Research into, and good practice in how all (but especially higher) education institutions, and Aimhigher partnerships can work to increase the successful participation of young men in higher education. Attainment in school, aspiration and information on appropriate opportunities and choices.
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Aimhigher and engagement with the Primary sector
published: June-2009Analysis of established and targeted programmes developed by Aimhigher partnerships with Primary school pupils and the critical involvement of higher education institutions with visits to HEIs and schools, parental involvement and transition to secondary schools within coherent programmes