The role of teachers, senior leadership teams and advisors is crucial in supporting students and potential students to access Higher Education. Whether supporting someone by raising attainment, helping them to make informed choices, or by providing practical information and advice, at Go Higher West Yorkshire we have resources which can help.
The information and links below have been compiled to assist you to help support learners’ attainment and aspirations, inform their choices about courses and careers, and guide them through the application process on their journey to Higher Education. This includes the OfS Uni Connect Programme Outreach Hub – helping schools and colleges access the higher education outreach they need.
The journey started in schools, colleges and universities, doesn’t end at graduation.
Exposure to the world of work is key to developing employability skills and securing a job.
That’s why we work collaboratively with employers and industry experts, supporting our partners to equip their students for the changing economy.
Go Higher West Yorkshire: reducing inequalities in access to, success in and progression from Higher Education.
Go Higher West Yorkshire (GHWY) is developing a new five-year strategy that will cover the period of the upcoming Access and Participation Plans.
The new agreement, which will run from January 2021 until July 2025, will ensure the consortium’s work remains relevant to its 13 partners. These span many different types of HE, each of which brings a fresh perspective to the opportunities and challenges of a changing sector.
All of the partners have individually fed into a scoping exercise that built on an aims and objectives planning session that was undertaken in spring and summer 2018. This feedback will be further scoped and prioritised, with consideration being given to new opportunities, in advance of initial recommendations being taken to the Board for comment and refinement in June 2020.
The process thereafter will be:
The new consortium agreement will be achieved through consensus decision by all partners to make sure it meets their individual as well as collaborative needs. It will help to deliver GHWY’s aim to connect partners to improve access to, success in and progression from higher education, for those from under-represented groups.