Common use of Outreach work Clause in Contracts

Outreach work. a) UCL is actively engaged in a wide range of widening participation-related activities. These include Summer Schools, a mentoring scheme, master classes and the innovative use of the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre and UCL’s outstanding collections of artefacts and works of art. In November 2003, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) noted that UCL’s report on its widening participation activity was exemplary and that a number of targets had been exceeded. b) Similar activities will continue beyond 2006 and will be funded at current levels. c) A new strand of activities, which will be funded from additional expenditure, will be phased in from 2006 onwards. Some of these activities will be open to all potential applicants or current students, as appropriate. Where this is the case, promotion of the activities will be targeted at students from lower socio-economic groups and at students from families who have had little contact with or experience of higher education. The new outreach activities are outlined in the remaining part of this section of the Access Agreement. d) Pre-enrolment study support scheme, to include a parental component, aimed at gifted students from lower socio-economic groups and/or with little direct experience of higher education. The focus will be upon subjects of particular relevance to pursuing science, engineering and modern language degree programmes. The scheme is currently in a developmental phase. The aim is to work with groups of students over a sustained period of time to help them to realise their full academic and personal potential. In developing this scheme it is intended to draw upon best practice from the United States where such programmes have been operating effectively for a number of years. e) Extended UCL degree programmes in high demand, vocationally-oriented subjects where the transition to university study may be particularly challenging. In effect, students admitted to these programmes will take the current first year UCL syllabus over a two-year period. Once again, this programme will be targeted at gifted students from lower socio-economic groups and/or with little direct experience of higher education. f) Pre-enrolment, employer placements: UCL aims to work with a range of local employers, including those in the public sector, to offer year-long work placements to students who have been accepted onto a degree programme at UCL. Through their involvement in the scheme students will develop their confidence and earn some additional money to help them through their academic studies. Promotion of the scheme will be targeted at schools and colleges with a high proportion of students from lower socio-economic groups and/or without direct experience of higher education. UCL will offer bursaries to supplement employer payments. g) People with disabilities (plus helper) “Visit UCL” pre-application bursary scheme (to pay transport and, if necessary, accommodation costs): This scheme will be open to prospective undergraduates with disabilities. The aim of the scheme is to encourage such students to test their perceptions of what studying in London in general and at UCL in particular may entail before they complete their UCAS application forms. To supplement the scheme, a booklet bringing together currently available information for students with disabilities will be produced.

Outreach work. a) UCL is actively engaged The University believes that its bursary package, in conjunction with its current and planned outreach activities, represents a wide robust system for ensuring that educational opportunities are made widely available. The University continues to provide an extensive range of outreach work which should be seen in the context of a well- resourced marketing, recruitment and widening participation-related participation operation. It therefore does not at this stage devote a specific proportion of additional fee income, other than the bursary scheme, to those outreach activities. These include The University’s Director of Widening Access oversees the University’s involvement in the area Aimhigher and other outreach activities such as the HEFCE funded Summer Schools, Schools for young people who might otherwise gain no experience of a mentoring scheme, master classes and the innovative use of the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre and UCL’s outstanding collections of artefacts and works of arthigher education environment. In November 2003addition, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) noted that UCL’s report on its widening participation activity was exemplary and that University operates a number of targets had been exceeded. b) Similar activities will continue beyond 2006 very successful mentoring projects to support young people from low participation backgrounds in raising their aspirations and will be funded levels of achievement. A large part of the activity described above is currently targeted at current levels. c) A new strand priority schools in the Cheshire and Warrington areas which are located in neighbourhoods from which there is a low participation rate in HE (in the lowest quartile), and which have a low profile of activitiesGCSE attainment. It is intended that this level and type of activity, which will be funded from additional expenditureincludes taster days, and mentoring projects, will be phased in maintained. For intensive activities and sustained interventions, the University aims to target individuals from 2006 onwards. Some of these activities will be open to all potential applicants or current students, as appropriate. Where this is the case, promotion of the activities will be targeted at students from lower socio-economic groups and at those from disadvantaged backgrounds. In addition, the University aims further to continue its outreach work in targeting further education colleges in low participation areas. Existing links and agreements with further education colleges have already contributed to the diversification of the University’s applications and intake, both in terms of entry qualifications and social background. In recognition of the success of these links, University of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ has responded positively to requests from a number of its key partner FE colleges to move to Associate College status, a central purpose of which is to increase still further the ‘pull-through’ of students from families who have had little contact with or experience of further to higher education. The new outreach activities are outlined in the remaining part of this section strength and range of the Access AgreementUniversity’s existing outreach work underlies its decision to devote much of its spending on widening participation from additional fee income to the bursary scheme. d) Pre-enrolment study support scheme, to include a parental component, aimed at gifted students from lower socio-economic groups and/or with little direct experience of higher education. The focus will be upon subjects of particular relevance to pursuing science, engineering and modern language degree programmes. The scheme is currently in a developmental phase. The aim is to work with groups of students over a sustained period of time to help them to realise their full academic and personal potential. In developing this scheme it is intended to draw upon best practice from the United States where such programmes have been operating effectively for a number of years. e) Extended UCL degree programmes in high demand, vocationally-oriented subjects where the transition to university study may be particularly challenging. In effect, students admitted to these programmes will take the current first year UCL syllabus over a two-year period. Once again, this programme will be targeted at gifted students from lower socio-economic groups and/or with little direct experience of higher education. f) Pre-enrolment, employer placements: UCL aims to work with a range of local employers, including those in the public sector, to offer year-long work placements to students who have been accepted onto a degree programme at UCL. Through their involvement in the scheme students will develop their confidence and earn some additional money to help them through their academic studies. Promotion of the scheme will be targeted at schools and colleges with a high proportion of students from lower socio-economic groups and/or without direct experience of higher education. UCL will offer bursaries to supplement employer payments. g) People with disabilities (plus helper) “Visit UCL” pre-application bursary scheme (to pay transport and, if necessary, accommodation costs): This scheme will be open to prospective undergraduates with disabilities. The aim of the scheme is to encourage such students to test their perceptions of what studying in London in general and at UCL in particular may entail before they complete their UCAS application forms. To supplement the scheme, a booklet bringing together currently available information for students with disabilities will be produced.