Aimhigher Southwest News

Wey Valley is Aimhigher School of the year July 2010 (Dorset Echo)

Aimhigher across Wiltshire June 2010 (Salisbury Journal)

Year 10 engineering masterclass in Weymouth June 2010 (View Online news)

West Somerset Community College receives an award from Aimhigher Peninsula (This is the West Country)

Engineering Challenge Day March 2010 (Weymouth People)

Aimhigher Roadshow at the RAC February 2010 (Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard)

Aimhigher Roadshow in Weston-super-Mare February 2010 (WestonsupermarePeople)

Aimhigher in Bridgwater January 2010 (The Bridgwater Mercury)

Aimhigher at Wiltshire College Nov 2009 (Salisbury Journal) Aimhigher in Wiltshire Nov 2009 (Salisbury Journal)

Aimhigher Engineering Challenge November 2009 (The Yeovil Express)

Aimhigher LIFE Robotics Challenge August 2009 (The Yeovil Express)

Aimhigher and STEMNET at Yeovil June 2009 (This is the West Country)

Aimhigher West celebrating Aimhigher Week June 2009 (This is Bristol)

Year 9 Aimhigher at Bath June 2009 (This is Bath)

Aim4HE

aim4he is a new website with all 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.

Area Partnership news is available on their respective websites at Peninsula and LIFE and West

General Widening Participation News

Trends in young participation in higher education: core results for England (Mark Corver, January 2010)
This HEFCE publication reports on the trends in young participation from the mid-1990s to the present.

The UCAS Admissions Research Journal (UARJ), a new electronic, peer-reviewed research journal is now online.

Latest research (December 2009) from Dept for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
Educational attainment in rural areas and Post-16 educational choices in rural areas

Guardian article - GCSE results: poor rural pupils fall behind. Despite strong improvements in GCSE results overall, a new gap has opened up between urban and rural students.Go to more on Rural and Coastal Issues for Aimhigher

An NFER report on "The longer term impact of Aimhigher: Tracking individuals" is available for download from the HEFCE website.