Are you interested in using your experience in the Higher Education sector to help younger generations thrive? School governance could be your next rewarding role. Governors for Schools is looking for skilled professionals across England and Wales to join one of the largest volunteering forces in the country.

Are you interested in using your experience in the Higher Education sector to help younger generations thrive? School governance could be your next rewarding role. Governors for Schools is looking for skilled professionals across England and Wales to join one of the largest volunteering forces in the country.

It’s a funny thing that as long as I have worked in widening participation, as many different ways we have come up with to categorise socio-economic class for students, universities lag way behind in understanding the same make up of their staff. 

I am fortunate to work in an FE college where I am currently involved in helping students to apply to university through UCAS. Previously I was responsible for the HE courses that the college offers.  About 300 of our 600 level 3 two-year students apply through UCAS each year. Many of them live in neighbourhoods which have low representation in higher education and as result I am interested in widening participation and access.

Travelling to work on the bus recently, I saw an advert for an adult learning centre, which read: Change your life through learning. That message resonated with me for several reasons.

Do you find this too? When you change your car, you seem to notice more of your new model on the roads? Or when you come across an interesting area of research, you start to notice the parallels in other things you do, in different spheres, or even unrelated parts of your work or hobbies?

The comparatively low rates of higher education (HE) progression amongst young men from white, working class backgrounds has received a significant amount of attention in recent years. This has been accompanied by calls for a ‘response’ from the HE sector (Raven, 2022, 644).

Exploring international student experience through induction and disability disclosures The international student experience is replete with challenges spanning academic study

Why Enabling Students from Underrepresented Groups to Develop Widening Participation Research Matters I  “Putting your money where your mouth is”

Inclusive approaches to student–staff partnership in widening participation I We recently delivered a staff-facing conference under the banner of enabling