Engaging parents and carers is essential to effective outreach
Go Higher West Yorkshire have been creating events that make sure parents and carers are engaged with outreach, as well as school students.
Last updated: 07 Jun 2018
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Listening to local needs is key to good outreach, says NCOP consortium Higher Horizons+
Tailoring outreach activity to the learners’ specific needs is only possible through close collaboration with schools and students themselves. Higher Horizons+ explain how they’re working to achieve this.
Last updated: 07 Jun 2018
Blog postMichael Barber: Universities must improve their diversity levels - or we will use our powers to penalise them
Our chairman, Sir Michael Barber wrote for the Daily Telegraph on the importance of improving access and diversity in higher education.
Last updated: 06 Jun 2018
Media coverageRecent graduates mentor school learners to better understand higher education opportunities
Aimhigher West Midlands are working with recent graduates who offer peer-to-peer outreach to young learners in their target schools.
Last updated: 05 Jun 2018
Blog postWhy wellbeing matters when delivering outreach to school learners
As part of their work within the National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP), Aspire Higher are delivering a long-term project with local students to design and deliver a wellbeing campaign.
Last updated: 05 Jun 2018
Blog postTargeted, collaborative, local: NCOP is showing signs of success after one year
Chris Millward, Director for Fair Access and Participation, explains why the National Collaborative Outreach Programme is already showing signs of encouraging access and participation amongst young learners.
Last updated: 04 Jun 2018
Blog postOfS funded local networks inspire young people to enter higher education
The Office for Students (OfS) has today, 31 May 2018, published a report showing how local collaborations between universities, schools, colleges and businesses – funded by OfS – are breaking down barriers to higher education for school pupils.
Last updated: 31 May 2018
Press releaseNational Collaborative Outreach Programme: The first year
This is the first annual report on the National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP). It sets out key information on what the programme does, why it is needed and what it has delivered in its first year.
Last updated: 31 May 2018
PublicationResponse to ‘manifesto for the new Director of Fair Access and Participation’
Chris Millward, Director for Fair Access and Participation at the Office for Students (OfS), has today welcomed and responded to a ‘manifesto’ suggested for his role in a publication by the think tank Higher Education Policy Institute and the charity Brightside.
Last updated: 10 May 2018
Press releaseUniversities are opening their doors, but they must build on this for faster change
Universities UK members are promoting the positive impact of going to university with the ‘Opportunity for everyone’ campaign. But students deserve faster change.
Last updated: 01 May 2018
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