Widening Participation: resources

National Projects and Reports

The National Committee of Inquiry Into Higher Education

• The Report of the National Committee (The Dearing Report)
  See in particular Chapter 7, Widening Participation
• Report 6 Widening participation in higher education for students from lower socio-economic groups and students with disabilities. (David Robertson and Josh Hillman)

HEFCE

• Widening Participation
• Widening Participation: publications

UK Lifelong Learning
The UK's official Web site for the encouragement, promotion and development of lifelong learning. The site is supported by the Individual Learning Division of the Department for Education and Employment (DfEE)
See in particular Demonstration Outreach Projects 97-98

HiPACT
An association of [UK] universities committed to making Higher Education accessible to all

Universities UK
Formerly The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom (CVCP)

Institutional and Regional Schemes and Projects

WPSW - Widening Participation South West An interactive web site for the dissemination and exchange of ideas of good practice in learner support relevant to non-traditional students from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds in higher education.

Access to Vocational Guidance for people at risk of social exclusion LEONARDO da VINCI Programme of the European Communities, at The University of Glasgow

Widening Participation Strategy at The University of Kent at Canterbury

Higher Education Access Research Project (HEAR) at the University of Liverpool.

Widening Participation Unit at London South Bank University. See particularly details of the Associate Student Scheme

Overseas Institutions

3rd National Equity & Access Conference [1998]
Hosted by Central Queensland University, Australia. The site contains the full texts of twenty six related papers.