Common use of Collaborative working between institutions Clause in Contracts

Collaborative working between institutions. Birmingham City University has formed a collaborative partnership with the University of Birmingham, Aston University and University College Birmingham to take forward the legacy of the Birmingham and Solihull Aimhigher partnership. Established in 2004, that partnership of five HEIs, two local authorities and 118 local schools, academies and FE/6th Form Colleges in Birmingham and Solihull, proved very successful in developing an extensive provision of mentoring, master class, summer school and Information Advice and Guidance activities for schools. This new partnership will seek to take forward this work in collaboration with schools, focusing upon pre-16 education, with a new organisational model which draws upon the experience and successful initiatives of the Aimhigher partnership. Birmingham City University will jointly fund the coordination of this partnership’s work with a contribution of £25,000 in 2011-12 and £35,000 in 2012-13, and is intimately involved in its governance and management. As previously indicated, organisational support for partnership activities, both staffing and non-pay expenditure, will now be funded from within the University’s outreach team. Partnership activities will complement Birmingham City University’s own extensive programme of widening access and fair access measures. The Birmingham and Solihull Higher Education Progression Partnership is developing a comprehensive impact and evaluation plan which will monitor student engagement with partnership activities, track the progression of those learners with whom the partnership works most closely, evaluate the overall effectiveness of the partnership activity and disseminate good practice. Evaluation will include both quantitative and qualitative measures and will provide evidence to partner HEIs and schools engaged in the programme.

Collaborative working between institutions. Birmingham City University has formed a will continue the collaborative partnership established in 2011-12 with the University of Birmingham, Aston University and University College Birmingham to take forward the legacy of the Birmingham Aimhigher. The partnership has established itself and Solihull Aimhigher partnership. Established in 2004exceeded its baseline year targets, that partnership of five HEIs, two local authorities and 118 local schools, academies and FE/6th Form Colleges in Birmingham and Solihull, proved very successful in developing an extensive provision of mentoring, master class, summer school and Information Advice and Guidance activities for having engaged over 500 disadvantaged young people from more than 50 schools. This new Going forward, the partnership will sharpen its focus on learners in Years 9 to 11, and seek to take forward this work consolidate established links with 20 schools to deliver activities in collaboration an intensive and coherent programme in line with the Learner Progression Framework. The partnership will also deliver less intensive activities to a larger numbers of young people in response to demand from schools, focusing upon pre-16 education, with a new organisational model which draws upon the experience and successful initiatives of the Aimhigher partnership. Birmingham City University will jointly fund the coordination of this partnership’s work with a contribution of £25,000 in 2011-12 and £35,000 in 2012-13, 13 and is 2013-14 and will continue to be intimately involved in its governance and management. As previously indicatedOpportunities to engage other HEIs in elements of the Aimhigher programme will be pursued, organisational support for as will opportunities to align with and sustain other relevant initiatives. These partnership activities, both staffing and non-pay expenditure, will now be funded from within the University’s outreach team. Partnership activities will complement Birmingham City University’s own extensive programme of widening access and fair access measuresmeasures outlined elsewhere in this agreement. The Birmingham and Solihull Higher Education Progression Partnership is partnership has been developing a comprehensive impact and evaluation plan which will monitor student engagement with partnership activities, track the progression of those learners with whom the partnership works most closely, evaluate the overall effectiveness of the partnership activity and disseminate good practice. Evaluation will include both quantitative and qualitative measures and will provide evidence to partner HEIs and schools engaged in the programme. During 2011/12 the partnership has obtained data from UCAS, DfE and several local authorities to allow it to populate baselines and improvement targets. The partnership is also on track to achieve its short term target of engaging 500 young people from disadvantaged backgrounds by the end of the current year.