FE-HE Transition (Retention)
Report for Aimhigher London West
By Dr Anne Samson
May 2005
Students progressing to higher education from further education face a number of significant barriers to success.
This report identifies the key issues and makes recommendations on how to make transition more effective.
To read the executive summary, click this link.
Finance and higher education
20 April 2005
Uxbridge College held this very successful evening, designed to give parents and students information on higher education finance, aimed at getting the message across that finance need not be a barrier to higher education success.
Comments made by parents included:
"I didn' t know that such help was available..." and
"I have a better idea on how much I will need to support my son at
university"
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The event was run in partnership with the University
of Westminister, the London Borough of Hillingdon, and Connexions.
Jim Price (Student Adviser) explained the support available
from HEIs, and Paul Elekerton (Principal Grants officer from LBH) advised on the grants and loans application process.
The event was attended by local students, Connexions PAs and Parents, and was our most successful event to date.
An evaluation of Aimhigher
1 February 2005
An evaluation report produced for the London West Aimhigher Partnership gives good news. The project is having a significant impact on young people and positively influencing their aspirations with regard to higher education.
A full copy of the report may be viewed by clicking this link.
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Inequality of Access to Higher Education
19 January 2005
A ground-breaking study has revealed the extent of the inequality of access to higher education for young people.
The report demonstrates that the most advantaged 20% of young people are up to six times more likely to enter higher education than the most disadvantaged 20%, and that the inequalities are deep seated.
click here to read more.
Ward level data tables
24 January 2005
A superb resource has been produced by Sharon Smith, Rachel Thompson & Darren Walker. They have created polar maps and an associated Access database, using the 2001 Census data, for the six London Aimhigher Partnership areas.
To find out more about the data
click this link.
Click here to view polar maps.
To use the database:
click here for Access 2000 version
click here for Access 1997 version
Save the database to your computer, and then open it to use it.
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