Links to Aimhigher websites in the South West
From these links you can access all the websites currently online in the programme of Aimhigher activities in the South West
Aimhigher South West Practitioners
Information and resources for practitioners working
on Aimhigher Southwest activities, and other colleagues working in
widening participation. This site is regularly updated and includes
descriptions of current activities, progress and achievment, seminars,
Schools Profiles, Learner Profiles, Case Studies, etc.
Aimhigher Southwest Postcode Tool
Enter a postcode(s) to identify whether residents from that postcode are likely to fit the Aimhigher target group criteria, measured by the criteria:
Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD);
Percentage of family who are NS-SEC 4-8 (based upon the 2001 census dataset);
Participation Of Local Area (POLAR) score.
Aim4HEAll sorts of information about higher education for learners and parents/carers. It has separate sections for learners in Year7/8, Year9, Year 10/11, and Post-16, along with dedcated information for young people leaving care and disabled learners. It also has a 'video lounge', revision tips and a regular competition for learners.
Aimhigher LIFE Area Partnership
Information on the activities of the Aimhigher in LIFE Area Partnership, with updates on current practice, practitioners resources and case studies. Guidance on the LIFE Ladder progression framework, monitoring, evaluation, and more.
Aimhigher Peninsula Practitioners
Aimhigher West Area Partnership
Information on the activities of the West Area Partnership of Aimhigher, with updates on current practice, practitioners resources and advice for parents/carers. Guidance on the learner progression framework, monitoring, evaluation, and more.
Aimhigher UniTasters - Year 11 Regional Summer Schools
A website offering a variety of pre-event information, advice and guidance on this year's Aimhigher regional UniTaster Year 11 residential summer schools in the south west.
How to apply, frequently asked questions, a parents/carers page, download the prospectus, a selection of student mentor / student ambassador profiles from this year's team and from the last few years, etc.
The website also includes numerous photo slideshows of images from previous year's events at all the UniTaster venues to show you what Aimhigher UniTasters are really like.
ShortCuts to IAG ResourcesThis website is designed to support the work of anyone providing advice about study in Higher Education by providing convenient access to a range of free resources online and elsewhere. These resources may be of some assistance to education professionals when helping learners to understand what is involved in HE study, what sources of assistance and support they might access, and how their particular concerns may be met.
A website about vocational, work-based, and work-related learning in Cornwall, Devon and South Somerset, for people who are looking to study further after an Apprenticeship or NVQ, or who want to progress in their job but who cannot study full-time, or who don't have A-Levels, as well as for employers who want to develop the skills of their staff.
Peninsula - Learn and Work
Creative Steps - Creative and Performing Arts
Leap Into Health Summer School
Everything a young person might want to know about Higher Education in one place. An aspiration-raising website with games and guidance, offering an informative and enjoyable basic introduction to Higher Education. Although this site would be useful to any young person interested in, or curious about, studying at university level, it is aimed primarily at school students in the South West Peninsula (Cornwall, Devon, and South Somerset).
Peninsula - Gr8choice
Focus on CareersFocus on Careers provides accessible information on careers, qualifications, local FE and HE courses and apprenticeships, covering 13 key employment sectors, for students aged 14 to 19. It will also help teachers, parents/carers, and careers advisers to support decisions made by learners in Years 9-12. As well as offering information for students and parents, Focus on Careers also has free, downloadable careers lesson plans www.careerlessonplans.org.uk. FoC covers the Wiltshire and Swindon area, Gloucestershire, Somerset, and the West of England and is regularly updated.
Aimhigher UniTasters Year 12 Summer School at UWE
The best place for participants and their families to get an idea of just what the Aimhigher Year 12 UniTaster at UWE is really like!
Landbased Education IAG and Learner Profiles
An information and resources website for aspiring students in landbased education. What is Land Ed? Where can you study in the south west? This site also contains real-life learner Profiles to show what it's like to be a student in Landbased Education from the personal experience of several non-traditional HE students.
Aimhigher South West ArchiveSummaries of AHSW activities 2000 to 2006, speakers presentations from seminars and conferences 2000 to 2008, a wide variety of case studies, the regional tracking study report, progression and activity guides from Area partnerships, and other materials are collected in the archive as a record of Aimhigher activity in the South West.
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