Dr Angela Smallwood University of Nottingham

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HE ADMISSIONS AND PROGRESS FILES ACROSS FE AND HE
CRAC 29th-31st March 2004
Dr Angela Smallwood University of Nottingham Mr
Phil Harley Nottingham City Aimhigher
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Outline of the Session

• City of Nottingham Passport (CNP) and 14-19
  context
• Purpose and content of the CNP
• Our joint project and link with wider access to
  HE
• Link with Progress Files across FE and HE
• Issues the roles of PDP, ILPs and ICT in HE
  admissions processes

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AIMHIGHER
THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
PROGRESS FILE
CITY OF NOTTINGHAM PASSPORT
14-19 OPPORTUNITY AND EXCELLENCE
TOMLINSON REVIEW
CITY OF NOTTINGHAM 14-19 STRATEGY
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THE CITY OF NOTTINGHAM PASSPORT - AIMS

• To provide students with an electronic summative
  document
• To reward student achievement
• To enhance transition and induction
• To give students a sense of ownership
• To help formalise compact arrangements
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THE CITY OF NOTTINGHAM PASSPORT - CONTENT

• Personal statement
• Curriculum Vitae
• Individual Learning Plan
• Progress File Certificate
• Recording Achievement
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CNP AND INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PLANS

• Progress File used for self review and goal
  setting
• Individual Learning Plan looks at career
  aspirations, barriers to success and support
  needed. Completed on CNP
• Linked to learning pathways and future
  progression
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CNP AND ACHIEVEMENT

• Recording of achievement for City of Nottingham
  Achievement award
• Recognising of all achievement
• Progress File Certificate
• Records Key Skills
• Links with wider and work related learning
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CNP AND TRANSITION

• CNP provides a coherent document at the end of
  each key stage
• Electronic transfer of data
• Built into school/college induction procedures
• Transition into HE CNP and UCAS admissions
  process
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FEELS EMPOWERED BY CHOICE
MANAGES OWN LEARNING
ABLE TO PLAN FUTURE
HAS ACHIEVEMENT RECOGNISED
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CNP and ePARs

• CNP
• Personal statement
• CV
• ILP
• Progress File certificate
• Recording Achievement

• ePARs
• New Entrant Profile
• CV
• Review meetings
• Personal webspace
• Personal Evidence Database

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Our project in the HE context

• HE White Paper Universities target date for
  Progress Files 2005-06
• Increasingly electronically based
• JISC programme and national e-agenda
• Changing UCAS application form
• Project website http//www.nottingham.ac.uk/e-por
  tfolio

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WP issues for HE admissions

• Role of formal qualifications
• Demonstrating aptitude and potential
• Evidencing skills
• UCAS personal statement
• UCAS reference

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FE and HE in our project

• Bilborough College Nottingham CNP
• Students and staff from English and Engineering
• Review of UCAS Personal Statement
• Looking at subject specific skills
• Managing the transition into HE Progress
  File

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Opportunities via CIT

• Flexibility for the applicant
• Prompts linked to course entry profiles
• Links to pre-HE personal development evidence
• Transformations for admissions tutors

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Consultation plans

• Colleagues in FE and HE in three local projects
  Nottingham, Leeds, Paisley
• LTSN subject centres English, Engineering,
  Health Sciences, Computer Science
• UCAS national regional meetings
• National conferences England, Scotland, Wales
  N. Ireland FE network

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Issues

• For admissions
• For transition and retention
• For styles of learning and teaching in FE and HE