Evidence and Indications - Measuring Our Progress
Headline Overall Participation Statistics
How many people have taken part in Aimhigher activities in the Southwest over the last seven years?
2003 / 2004 = 34,000 participants; 2004 / 2005 = 69,000 participants;
2005 / 2006 = 83,000 participants; 2006 / 2007 = 76,000 participants;
2007 / 2008 = 72,000 participants; 2008 / 2009 = 83,000 participants.
That's a total of 417,000 participants between 2003 and 2009! For more highlights, see the press releases.
Easy-to-read Activity Reports and Photo Galleries
Peninsula Activities / LIFE Activities / West Activities / Photo Gallery 1 / Photo Gallery 2 / Photo Gallery 3
Photo Gallery 4 / Photo Gallery 5 / Photo Gallery 6 / Photo Gallery 7 / Photo Gallery 8 / Photo Gallery 9
Press Releases with Annual Highlights
Contributing to Change - Impact Measures 2008/2009 pdf
Impact Measures 2007 / 2008 pdf
Making a Difference 2006/2007 pdf
Effecting Change 2005 / 2006 pdf
Impact Matters 2004 / 2005 pdf
Making a Difference 2003/2004 pdf
Regional Evaluation 2003-2006 web
Regional Overview 2003 / 2006 pdf
Regional Overview 2003 / 2004 web
Measuring Progress 2003/2006 pdf
South West Research and Progress Reports
Regional Team research 2010
Finding the Cohort - learner potential for HE Reports for download on the Current Research page
Aimhigher and HEIs - Relationships, Impact, and Sustainability Reports for download on the Current Research page
Regional Team research 2009
Aimhigher and FE Colleges Reports for download on the Current Research page
Embedding Aimhigher in Local Authorities Interview-based research from July 2009 undertaken on behalf of Aimhigher West
Aimhigher West report on Training Providers 2009
Your Move? Attitudes towards learner progression into higher education among private training providers
A research report commissioned by Aimhigher West Area and the University of Bath.
Prepared by Julia Falaki, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Partnership Manager, November 2009.
North Somerset Aimhigher Evaluation 2008
Aimhigher West at Weston College - Report - Raising the Profile - Voice of Aimhigher
For further information on this research and a DVD of the interviews contact Mark Nelson mark.nelson@n-somerset.gov.uk
Aimhigher Southwest Research into Vocational Learners 2008
Download an audio file of extracts taken from BTEC students on an HE summer school (MP3)
Final Report 2008: Aimhigher and Vocational Learners (PDF) Final Report 2008: Aimhigher and Vocational Learners (Word)
Profiling Vocational Learners in the Tracking Study Cohort (PDF) Profiling Vocational Learners, etc. (Word)
Maximising Options: the perceived
meaning and value of vocational learning (PDF) Maximising Options, etc. (Word)
Discussions about
vocational learners with Aimhigher Strand Co-ordinators (PDF) Discussions, etc (Word)
Healthcare Strand 2008
Final Report on the SW Regional Healthcare Strand 2008 or read Final Report Online and the Executive Summary 2008
Summer Schools 2007
South West Summer Schools Report 2007 (PDF) South West Summer Schools Report 2007 (Word)
South
West Summer Schools Review 2007 (Word) Highly detailed review of Aimhigher Summer Schools in the South West, with
Key Findings and Recommendations. Also includes sections on methodology,
context, costs, targeting of participants, impact upon participants, and
progression.
Various reports from 2007 and earlier
Evidence Good Practice: Guidance 2007 (PDF) Evidence Good Practice: Guidance 2007 (Word file)
Aimhigher Southwest Schools Questionnaire A questionnaire was designed to elicit the views of target schools to the Aimhigher initiatives that they had participated in. The purpose of the questionnaire was to gain feedback from schools on the perceived value of Aimhigher.
Trends in the Rates of Applications and Acceptances by Learners Resident in the South West A report from Neil Harrison of the University of the West of England showing trends by local authority and by socio-economic status in full-time young (U21) undergraduate applications and acceptances in the South West of England between 1998 and 2006
Applications to University (PDF) Applications to University (Word) A report based on data in which details of the students in the regional longitudinal tracking study were matched against UCAS applications for January 2006 (for the September 2006 HE intake).
Student Attitudes and Barriers to HE (2006) South Gloucestershire student attitudes towards issues that might be perceived as being barriers to progression to HE. by Colin McArthur, Aimhigher West Summary of the Research and Some Implications
Progression Routes onto HE 2006 Study of online and other resources in the South West April 2006, Pete Watton and Jane Colings.
2006
Career Choices of Year 10s Aimhigher West Year 10 Questionnaire results,
Gloucestershire
Skills Festival 2006
2005
WBL Awareness of Year 10s
Aimhigher West Year 10 Questionnaire results, Gloucestershire
Skills Festival 2005
Aimhigher in the Arts Summer School Evaluation and Review Report by Zannah Doan for Activate October 2005
Report
on UCAS Social Class Data for the South West Sue Hatt, Regional Manager, Aimhigher Southwest
Report
on UCAS Applications by
Social Class and by LEA, 1997-2004 Sue Hatt, Regional Manager, Aimhigher Southwest
Comments from students on the issues of widening participation; some gathered by research immediately pre-Aimhigher and some contributed via email since.
The Peacock Indepedent Review of Aimhigher Southwest
Review of Activities: Peacock Report Independent review of Aimhigher Activities in the South West, July 2005, by Gordon Peacock and Associates. Peacock Report (online version)
Aimhigher Roadshows
Download two summary reports of evaluations by Liz Banister, from a visit by the Roadshow to Wiltshire in December 2007. Year 9 student evaluation feedback and Staff evaluation feedback (PDF)
In 2006/2007 the Aimhigher roadshowvisited 772 venues and reached over
60,000 students across the country.
Read some student and teacher feedback
from the Roadshow's tour of the South West
Evaluation of Aimhigher FE and Sixth Form College Roadshow 25th September – 16th November 2007
National Progress and Evaluation Measures
Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) School and college achievement and attainment tables (formerly performance tables) 2004 to 2010.
UCAS Media release: Final figures for 2007 entry – 5.8% rise in accepted applicants. The number of full-time students accepted on to undergraduate courses starting in 2007 rose by 5.8% according to end of year data released by UCAS. 22,540 more students were accepted in 2007, taking the total from 390,890 in 2006 to 413,430. The overall number applying was up by 5.6% from 506,304 in 2006 to 534,495 in 2007. These headline figures break the previous records for the number of students applying and being accepted which were set in 2005. The graph below shows applicant and accepted applicant trends over the last decade. Download the Press Release (pdf file).
Aimhigher Tracking Activities in the 9 Regions (2007)
