Higher education summer schools 2008 to 2011

We invested £10.5 million in the summer school programme for 2008 to 2010. Aimhigher partnerships delivered part of the programme and higher education (HE) providers provided additional summer school provision by matched funding with HEFCE.

Match-funded summer schools were not funded by HEFCE after 2010, but the funding for Aimhigher summer schools was extended to cover 2010-11. We made available £1.46 million for partnerships to align the dates of the mainstream Aimhigher and Aimhigher summer schools programme. The Aimhigher programme ended in July 2011.

Supplementary guidance for 2010-11

 Download the Supplementary guidance for 2010-11 as PDF (199 KB)

About the programme

The summer school programme aimed to give young people a taste of university life that would help them decide whether to apply for HE and what to study. Summer schools were organised by Aimhigher partnerships and by individual higher education institutions (HEIs) and further education colleges (FECs). They were particularly focused on young people who were less familiar with HE.

Research on summer schools

We published the following research on Aimhigher summer schools:

Sector impact assessment

In developing the summer school programme, we formally assessed its impact on the HE sector in terms of regulatory burden, equality and diversity, and sustainable development.

Summer schools sector impact assessment

Download the Summer schools sector impact assessment as PDF (41 KB) | Download the Summer schools sector impact assessment as MS Word (123 KB)

Contact within HEFCE

If you have any queries regarding the former Aimhigher and match-funded summer schools programme, please contact Sian Griffiths, e-mail s.griffiths@hefce.ac.uk, tel 0117 931 7153.

Page last updated 6 January 2012

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