Widening participation publications

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2005

Circular letter 02/2005 - Improving provision for disabled students (February)
Lifelong Learning Networks: progress report and next steps (Discussion paper, January)

2004

Working with institutions to widen participation (discussion paper, December)
2004/34 HEFCE widening participation and fair access research strategy (October)
2004/12 Recurrent grants for 2004-05 (March)
Circular letter 12/2004 - Lifelong Learning Networks (3 June)
Circular letter 07/2004 Aimhigher: National activity - invitation to bid (31 March)
Circular letter 06/2004 Aimhigher healthcare strand: invitation to submit plans for funding (29 March)
2004/08 Aimhigher: guidance notes for integration (January)
2004/06 HEFCE widening participation and fair access research strategy (January)

2003

Feasibility Study for an Evaluation of Aimhigher: P4P (Research report, National Centre for Social Research, October)
2003/42 Developing the funding method for teaching from 2004-05 (August)
2003/41 Additional student places and funds 2003-04: Outcome of bids (August)
2003/40 Widening participation funded projects (August)
2003/26 Project capital round three: invitation to apply for funds (May)
2003/18 Aimhigher: P4P summer schools: Invitation to apply for European Social Fund grants for 2003-06 (April)
2003/14 Funding for widening participation in higher education: Responses to consultation and funding for 2003-04 to 2005-06 (March)
2003/09 Review of 2001 widening participation strategies and action plans from higher education institutions (March)

2002

2002/52 Performance indicators in higher education in the UK (December)
2002/50 European Social Fund grants to support widening participation in HE: proposals for 2003 to 2006 (November)
2002/49 Partnerships for Progression: call for strategic plans to release funding (November)
2002/48 Successful student diversity: case studies of practice in learning and teaching and widening participation (November)
2002/39 Additional student places and funds 2003-04: invitation to bid (September)
Circular letter 20/2002 - HEFCE/LSC Partnerships for Progression: results of consultation (4 September)
2002/37 Student support funding: allocations for higher education institutions 2002-03 and monitoring return for 2001-02 (August)
2002/36 Additional student places and funds 2002-03: outcome of bids (July)
Mapping resources relating to the learning and teaching of disabled students (Research report: Open University with Coventry University and Dundee University, June)
02/22 Funding for widening participation in higher education (April)
02/21 Improving provision for disabled students (April)
Improving provision for disabled students: outcome of bids
Determining the costs of widening participation (Research report, PA Consulting, April)
02/12 Student support funding for higher education institutions 2002-03 (March)
Circular Letter 07/02 - Excellence Fellowship Awards: guidance for HEIs (5 March)
Circular Letter 04/02 - Excellence Fellowship Awards pilot scheme (4 February)
02/02 Higher education in further education colleges - development fund for learning and teaching: phase 2 (January)

2001

01/73 Partnerships for Progression (December)
01/69 Performance indicators in higher education in the UK (December)
Circular Letter 18/01 - Performance indicators - measures of location (10 December)
01/62 Supply and demand in higher education (October)
Responses to the consultation on supply and demand in higher education
01/54 Additional student places and funds 2002-03: Invitation to bid (September)
01/49 Student support funding: Allocations for higher education institutions 2001-02 and monitoring return for 2000-01 (August)
01/44 Additional student places and funds 2001-02 - outcome of bids (July)
01/37 Strategies for learning and teaching in higher education - a guide to good practice (June 2001)
01/36a Analysis of initial strategic statements for widening participation: report by Action on Access (July)
01/36 Strategies for widening participation in higher education: a guide to good practice (June)
01/29 Widening participation in higher education - funding decisions for 2001-02 to 2003-04 (May)
01/15 Student support funding for higher education institutions 2001-02 (March)
01/04 Higher education summer schools - evaluation of the scheme in 2000 (February)

Research and evaluation reports

Evaluation of the HEFCE Widening Participation Support Strategy (Higher Education Consultancy Group and the National Centre for Social Research, June 2003)

Last updated 18 January 2007