Widening participation publications by topic
The publications listed below may also be viewed chronologically. If you wish to view all HEFCE publications visit the publications section of our web-site.
Aimhigher
Circular letter 07/2004 Aimhigher: National activity - invitation to bid (31 March 2004)
2004/08 Aimhigher: guidance notes for integration (January 2004)
2002/49 Partnerships for Progression: call for strategic plans to release funding (November 2002)
Circular Letter 20/2002 - HEFCE/LSC Partnerships for Progression: results of consultation (4 September 2002)
01/73 Partnerships for Progression (December 2001)
Disability
2003/26 Project capital round three: invitation to apply for funds (May)
02/21 Improving provision for disabled students (April 2002)
Improving provision for disabled students: outcome of bids
Mapping resources relating to the learning and teaching of disabled students (Research report: Open University with Coventry University and Dundee University June 2002)
Excellence Fellowship
Circular Letter 07/02 - Excellence Fellowship Awards: guidance for HEIs (5 March 2002)
Circular Letter 04/02 - Excellence Fellowship Awards pilot scheme (4 February 2002)
Funding
Circular letter 02/2005 - Improving provision for disabled students (February 2005)
2004/12 Recurrent grants for 2004-05 (March 2004)
Circular letter 06/2004 - Aimhigher healthcare strand: invitation to submit plans for funding (29 March 2004)
2003/42 Developing the funding method for teaching from 2004-05 (August 2003)
2003/41 Additional student places and funds 2003-04: Outcome of bids (August 2003)
2003/40 Widening participation funded projects (August 2003)
2003/26 Project capital round three: invitation to apply for funds (May 2003)
2003/18 Aimhigher: P4P summer schools: Invitation to apply for European Social Fund grants for 2003-06 (April 2003)
2003/14 Funding for widening participation in higher education: Responses to consultation and funding for 2003-04 to 2005-06 (March 2003)
2002/50 European Social Fund grants to support widening participation in HE: proposals for 2003 to 2006 (November 2002)
2002/49 Partnerships for Progression: call for strategic plans to release funding (November 2002)
2002/39 Additional student places and funds 2003-04: invitation to bid (September 2002)
2002/37 Student support funding: allocations for higher education institutions 2002-03 and monitoring return for 2001-02 (August 2002)
2002/36 Additional student places and funds 2002-03: outcome of bids (July 2002)
02/22 Funding for widening participation in higher education (April 2002)
02/21 Improving provision for disabled students (April 2002)
Improving provision for disabled students: outcome of bids
02/12 Student support funding for higher education institutions 2002-03 (March 2002)
02/02 Higher education in further education colleges - development fund for learning and teaching: phase 2 (January 2002)
01/54 Additional student places and funds 2002-03: invitation to bid (September 2001)
01/49 Student support funding: allocations for higher education institutions 2001-02 and monitoring return for 2000-01 (August 2001)
01/44 Additional student places and funds 2001-02 - outcome of bids (July 2001)
01/29 Widening participation in higher education - funding decisions for 2001-02 to 2003-04 (May 2001)
01/15 Student support funding for higher education institutions 2001-02 (March 2001)
Good practice
2002/48 Successful student diversity: case studies of practice in learning and teaching and widening participation (November 2002)
01/37 Strategies for learning and teaching in higher education - a guide to good practice (June 2001)
01/36 Strategies for widening participation in higher education : a guide to good practice (June 2001)
Higher Education Institutions' Widening Participation Strategies
Working with institutions to widen participation (discussion paper, December 2004)
2003/09 Review of 2001 widening participation strategies and action plans from higher education institutions (March 2003)
Lifelong Learning Networks
Lifelong Learning Networks: progress report and next steps (Discussion paper, January)
Performance indicators, targets, benchmarks
2002/52 Performance indicators in higher education in the UK (December 2002)
01/69 Performance indicators in higher education in the UK (December 2001)
Circular Letter 18/01 - Performance indicators - measures of location (10 December)
Research reports
Feasibility Study for an Evaluation of Aimhigher: P4P (Research report, National Centre for Social Research, October)
Determining the costs of widening participation (Research report, PA Consulting, April 2002)
Mapping resources relating to the learning and teaching of disabled students (Open University with Coventry University and Dundee University June 2002)
Evaluation of the HEFCE Widening Participation Support Strategy (Higher Education Consultancy Group and the National Centre for Social Research, June 2003)
Strategic papers
See also funding publications
2004/34 HEFCE widening participation and fair access research strategy (October 2004)
Circular letter 12/2004 - Lifelong Learning Networks (June 2004)
2004/06 HEFCE widening participation and fair access research strategy (January 2004)
01/36a Analysis of initial strategic statements for widening participation: report by Action on Access (July 2001)
01/36 Strategies for widening participation in higher education: a guide to good practice (June 2001)
Student numbers
01/62 Supply and demand in higher education (October 2001)
01/62 (response) Responses to the consultation on supply and demand in higher education
Summer Schools
2003/18 Aimhigher: P4P summer schools: Invitation to apply for European Social Fund grants for 2003-06
01/04 Higher education summer schools - evaluation of the scheme in 2000 (February 2001)
Last updated 14 February 2005