Youth Summer School – an intervention linked to Widening

AccessKelly McCarthy

University of Wales, Newport

ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2013

DURHAM UNIVERSITY  

Who and what are universities for?: Local communities, global competitiveness and the part-time

student 

20 to 22 MARCH 2013 Calman Learning Centre,

Durham

Research Aims Rationale Research Methodology Partners Funding Delivery Timeline Anticipated outcomes Summing up

Overview

To measure the impact and effects of engagement with a HE Summer School for young people in Newport.

Indicators

Individual & Collective Aspiration Accreditation Progression Employability

Research Aims

Tracking

Widening access agenda – Child Poverty

Recognition of Summer School success

(UWN/ Sutton Trust)

Exclusive or inclusive?

Development & Engagement

Rationale – the purpose of HE

Rationale

Opportunity for social and human exchange

A community of interest - free-flow of ideas

Contributes to the social fabric of society

Engagement in HE has links to wellbeing and a sense of identity (McCarthy & Richardson, 2012).

Wellbeing, employability, social justice - Universities are there to serve the public (Turk, 2012).

Students as partners

Rationale - what is HE for?

Case Study - Mixed method data collection

Surveys, one to one interviews & group

interviews

Data collection on the aspirations, perceived

barriers and perceptions of HE

Research Methodology

Internally CCL Partners Research & Development Unit (RDU) First Campus 14-19 Pathways

Centre for Excellence of Learning & Teaching (CELT)

School of Health & Social Sciences (SHASS) - Youth & Community Programme

Partners Externally

Newport Youth

Service (NYS)

Barnardos

Social Services

Women’s Aid

Heads of the Valleys

(HOV) Young People’s

Partnerships

(tentative) Development Meetings across January – April 2013

First Campus Initial Engagement sessions Subsistence at Summer School

Tentative sources – TBC Childcare Transport

Learning Innovation Grant – CELT

Funding

May 2013 Open Event – recruitment (hosted jointly by NYS& CCL) May –June 2013 Enrolment onto Research Skills Training module 10 credits, delivered at NYS venue June – August 2013 Progression to City Campus August 2013 Summer School / intervention

Delivery Timeline

Strengthen links internally & externally Widened Access/ Participation Raised Aspirations Accreditation 10 credit level 4 Opportunities for work experience Retention / Progression - pathway progression though Cert.

HE or Foundation Degrees. Increased capacity/ Employability Mentoring Opportunities

Raise the profile of RDU (publications, future funding) & CCL

Anticipated Outcomes

Who and what are Universities for? - HE has a role to play for local communities and social justice.

Summing Up

Sutton Trust Grants PDF 1997-2003 Richardson, M and McCarthy, K (2012)

Understanding the challenge of a widening access framework within mental health – widening access for social justice 18-20 March 2012 University of Cambridge Higher education for the social good? The place of lifelong learning.

References