Enhancing the model, narrowing the progression gap

Tuesday October 20th 2015Senate House, University of London

Aimhigher and the NNCO, Bridging the Gap

Catherine Fenwick, Director, Aimhigher London South

Schools

HE providersColleges

Aimhigher

Impact

• Targeting the right learners• Positive shift in learners’ aspirations to

consider university especially for first generation learners

• Positive impact on attitude to learning• Aimhigher students are applying to university

and to member universities

Developments for 2015- Dec 2016200 universities and FECs and will reach 4,300 secondary schools and colleges through 35 local and 3 national networks.

Each network has appointed a single point of contact (SpoC), who will:

• help teachers and advisers find out about the outreach activity which universities and colleges run in their area

• provide general advice about progression into HE

• host a website with information about outreach activity and signposts other information to support schools and colleges as they prepare their students for HE.

National Networks for Collaboration - a single point of contact for the

South London region

• Broadening our reach • Enhancing our programme• Expand our team• Improving our communication

www.aimhigherlondonsouth.org.uk• Working more closely with other networks

Improving our communication

Greater collaboration, broader sphere of influence - nationally

Greater collaboration, broader sphere of influence - regionally

Strategic aims going forward

• Sustainability of what we are developing• Embedding our new projects into our overall

offer• Securing a ‘must-have’ product that fits in with

the overall HE, FE and school landscape for progression and meets the needs of learners to progress appropriately to HE