Other Resources
This page features links and work that either provides material that may be useful in widening participation activities, or may act as a model or template for similar work in the future. If you have useful material suitable for this page, please email it to James.Tate@uwe.ac.uk
General Issues
HEI Open Days
The dates of Open Days at HEIs in the Southwest (from the respective web sites of the HEIs)
Lancaster University CSET Toolkit for Evaluation Capacity Building in WP Practice
Higher Education Progression Frameworks
Information pertaining to the Higher Education Progression Frameworks (HEPF) being
used
in the south west will be added to this page as and when it becomes available.
TLRP Publications Page
Download commentaries and other publications from the Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP). Also links to video and other resources.
Lifelong Learning Networks page
An initiative to advance vocational and workplace progression into and through Higher Education.
Unistats.com - search, review and compare universities and colleges in the UK
OpenLearn from the Open University The OpenLearn Website
See what is currently available at http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/index.php
The materials are published under a Creative Commons license which
means that any and all visitors – whether learners, teachers or staff -
can download and reuse the materials, amending them to suit their
purpose.
What are future HE students saying to one another about university?
Check out the Unofficial-Guides.com institutional
message boards or try theThe Student Room
Data
Protection Act
An easy to read guide to the Data Protection Act 1998, including 8 principles
of good practice, persons rights under the act, etc. Information Commissioner
Widening Participation Jargon Buster A glossary of terms used in WP to assist new members of staff.
UK Qualifications Frameworks and Levels
Accessibility Tips for viewing websites Enlarging text, changing background colour, etc.
Student
Workbook
The Student Workbook 2005 / 2006 is a reference book for HE students
involved in WP projects, particularly those acting as Student Mentors/Tutors/Ambassadors. (Zoe Pither and Charlotte Wilson, Aimhigher
West.)
The Skills for Access website at www.skillsforaccess.org.uk is a comprehensive web guide to multimedia, e-learning and accessibility.
NCRT Generic Aimhigher Consent Forms
Permission to Take Photographs and Permission for a Case Study
Want information about / from your Member of Parliament? You could try They Work For You .Com
The Admissions
to Higher Education Review
Website offering an independent review of the options which institutions providing Higher Education should consider in assessing the merit of applicants for courses.
ASDAN page
Information on the Award Scheme Development and Accreditation Network
(ASDAN) which offers assistance to Aimhigher Partnerships in raising attainment.
Accessibility Tips for viewing websites
Various helpful hints about how to alter your web browser settings to assist in suiting your browser to your needs.
Young participation by parliamentary constituency Follow the ink and then scroll down to south west constituencies
Resources on the Aimhigher West website
Rural and Coastal Issues Group
The Aimhigher Rural and Coastal Issues group was created to represent, and as a forum for, Aimhigher practitioners from areas isolated from large population settlements. It was a means for practitioners in rural and coastline areas to meet and explore issues and opportunities in their work, to share their learning, investigate comparative costs of effective interventions, test new ideas and disseminate their findings to a wider audience, etc. The group no longer meets but the website has been kept online as a resource.
Videos Available from Teachers TV
Teachers TV is about school education but some videos touch upon issues that are of interest to widening participation
White Under-Achievement: Putting Class into the Classroom Bristol Schools - Fighting Back
The Trouble with Boys - why do boys under-achieve? Raising Boys' Achievement
Raising Aspirations - closing the attainment gap Looked-After Children in Schools
Aimhigher - What's It All About? Aimhigher - Whole Year Events Aimhigher - Focus on Science
Student Finance
Aimhigher Student Finance (inc video)
DIUS Higher Education Student Support
National Union of Students (NUS) - finance
Need 2 Know - Student finances
Funding Education - HE Category
Support 4 Learning Money Management
All About U from UNIAID Students' Charity
Online Student Calculator for Budgeting
The InterStudent money channel
Practitioners pack from the Student Finance England website
Credit Report (general infomation about credit ratings)
National HE Student Satisfaction Survey 2008
Student Satisfaction averages by type of question. The interface for learners is on the Unistats website
National Student Survey Results website (username and password required)
Previous year's surveys have been analysed by the NSS National Student Survey 2005-2007: Findings and trends
The Guardian newspaper has collated some of the results for easier access
Overall student satisfaction by university
Overall student satisfaction for HE in FE Colleges
Overall student satisfaction by subjects
Statistics and Data
UCAS
Statistical Enquiry Service
UCAS have an easy to use online facility providing breakdown statistics
of applications and acceptances by social class, ethnicity, gender, etc.,
allowing you to create your own customised information
POLAR
Data POLAR maps and data sets showing
young participation in HE. (HEFCE
Website)
POLAR
Regional Maps POLAR data to show how young persons chances of entering HE vary
according to where they live.
DFES Research and Statistics Gateway
HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency)
Student Data National Statistics
Neighbourhood Statistics Search
The Aimhigher Southwest Postcode Tool
