TRICIA JENKINS

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TRICIA JENKINS

Head of Widening Participation Centre for
Lifelong Learning
27th March 2007 - Kolkata
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Role of a University in widening participation

• University of Liverpool
• Academic Strategy
• Centre for Lifelong Learning
• Educational Opportunities Model

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University of Liverpool

• Original Red Brick University
• Member of Russell Group of the UK's top 19
  research-led institutions
• Major contributor to the regional economy
• Recognised leader in widening participation
• 95.6 of graduates are in employment or further
• Over 2,500 international students from 110
  countries
• University in China in partnership with Xian
  Jiaotong University

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Academic Strategy

• Brings together strategies for Research and
  Learning and Teaching
• Structured around the Life Cycle stages
• Encouragement to attend as undergraduates
• Through the undergraduate experience
• Personal development planning (PDP)
• Integration of e-learning
• Enhancement of employability
• Continued commitment to widening participation.
• Through the postgraduate experience
• Strategy for staff, research and external
  collaborations and partnerships
• Attractive career paths
• Academic leaders
• Collaboration
• Third Stream activity

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Centre for Lifelong Learning

• Four Divisions
• Widening Participation Educational
  Opportunities
• Educational Development
• Careers and Employability
• Continuing Education and Professional Development
• All work across all the University
• All work externally in partnership

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WP Educational Opportunities

• Context
• Extended Student Life Cycle
• 3 Step Framework
• Internationalisation
• Issues

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Determining factors for widening participation

• Where you live.
• The direct link between low family income and
  attainment at school.
• Multi layered and sector response required.

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Young participation in higher educationHEFCE
2005/03
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Young participation in higher educationHEFCE
2005/03
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Reality

• In some neighbourhoods 8 out of 10 young people
  go to University
• In some neighbourhoods less than 8 in a 100 young
  people go to University

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What do we need to do?

• Young people, their families and communities
• Build cultural capacity
• Build decision making capacity
• Build educational capacity
• National policy/Institutions
• Build the capacity of schools, colleges,
  universities through institutional change
• Build progression routes
• Provide financial support

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University of Liverpool philosophy

• Social responsibility of sector and institution
• Delivered through Academic Strategy
• Extended Student Life Cycle
• Clarity of role
• Work in partnership
• Start young

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Extended Student Life Cycle

• outreach
• pre-entry
• recruitment and admission
• induction and transition
• delivery, curricula and assessment linked to
  research
• enhancement
• employment

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What does the WP Team do?

• Works with over 5,000 young people a year
• Works with adults returning, parents and
  teachers.
• Builds cultural capacity
• Builds social capacity
• Builds decision making capacity
• Promotes the recognition of personal
  responsibility
• Builds Leadership Skills
• Promotes global citizenship
• Links into University of Liverpool admissions

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Three Step Framework

• Step 1 Raising Awareness of progression
  cultural capacity
• Step 2 Personal development - decision making
  capacity
• Step 3 Aspiration confidence raising linked to
  information, supported admissions and bursaries

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3 Step Framework Step 1

• Raising Awareness of progression cultural
  capacity
• Activities which
• introduce vocabulary of further and higher
  education
• raise awareness of concept of progression within
  education
• nursery ? primary ? secondary ? post 16 ? higher
  education
• raise awareness that education improves career
  and life chances
• understanding of concept of choice
• UoL target groups Primary, Year 7, parents
  supporters

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3 Step Framework Step 2

• Personal development - decision making capacity
• Activities which get young people to
• think outside the box
• understand that choice made now have huge impact
  later
• become more motivated ? raised attainment
• stand up to peer pressure
• recognise the positives of education
• UoL target groups Champions, Superstars and
  Leading The Way

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3 Step Framework Step 3

• Aspiration confidence raising linked to
  information,
• supported admissions and bursaries
• Activities which
• focus on raising options and opportunities
• give confidence to make personal choices
• identify what information is needed
• equips with knowledge of where to find
  information
• provides evidence to support admission
• UoL target groups potential UoL students
  Scholars Scheme
• Year 12 Aimhigher Cohort and Adult returners Go
  Higher or Access

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p.m.jenkins_at_liv.ac.uk