Widening access to HE in partnership with FE Colleges: Supporting, developing, and enabling students to succeed from disadvantaged backgrounds and make successful transition. In: QAA Enhancement Themes June 2015. [online] Glasgow: QAA Scotland (Nick Brewer; David Booth, Linda Morris and David Coates)

TY - CONF

T1 - Widening access to HE in partnership with FE Colleges

T2 - QAA International enhancement themes conference

AU - Brewer, Nick

AU - Booth, David

AU - Morris, Linda

AU - Coates, David

PY - 2015/6/1

Y1 - 2015/6/1

N2 - For students from a disadvantaged background, coming to university can be a daunting experience as they feel out of place and that they do not merit a place at University, quite simply their confidence is low. At the University of Dundee we have developed, alongside Dundee and Angus College, associate and co-curriculum programmes that allow students to spend one day a week alongside the main level one cohort studying a module, while during the rest of the week, students are studying for their HNC at the College. Provided the students pass both the HNC and for the co-curriculum, their University theory modules, they secure a place in Level two of the Life Science degree programmes. By experiencing University for one day a week, college students are more likely to make the transition to University when attending full time.

AB - For students from a disadvantaged background, coming to university can be a daunting experience as they feel out of place and that they do not merit a place at University, quite simply their confidence is low. At the University of Dundee we have developed, alongside Dundee and Angus College, associate and co-curriculum programmes that allow students to spend one day a week alongside the main level one cohort studying a module, while during the rest of the week, students are studying for their HNC at the College. Provided the students pass both the HNC and for the co-curriculum, their University theory modules, they secure a place in Level two of the Life Science degree programmes. By experiencing University for one day a week, college students are more likely to make the transition to University when attending full time.

M3 - Paper

Y2 - 9 June 2015 through 11 June 2015

ER -