Common use of Aimhigher Clause in Contracts

Aimhigher. The University of Birmingham has formed a collaborative partnership with Aston University, Birmingham City University, and University College Birmingham to take forward the legacy of the Birmingham and Solihull Aimhigher (AH) partnership. Established in 2004, the partnership of five HEIs, two local authorities and 118 local schools, academies and FE/6th Form Colleges in Birmingham and Solihull has proved very successful in developing an extensive provision of widening access activities, including collaborative provision of mentoring, masterclasses, summer schools and IAG activities. The new partnership will seek to take forward this work, focusing upon pre-16 education within a new organisational model which draws upon the experience and successful initiatives of the AH partnership. The University of Birmingham will jointly fund this with a contribution of £25,000 in 2011-12 and £35,000 in 2012-13 and is intimately involved in its governance and management. Partnership activities will complement Birmingham’s own extensive programme of widening access and fair access measures outlined elsewhere in this agreement.