Integration, Research and Regionalism: Conflict or Complement

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Integration, Research and Regionalism Conflict
or Complement

• Maggie Mclinden
• Aimhigher in the East of England

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Outline

• 2004 integration Aimhigher and Aimhigher P4P
• Impact of National, Regional and Sub-Regional
  Agendas on delivery
• Focus Research Strand
• Case-study Young People into Higher Education

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Integration Process Background

• The Future of Higher Education 2003
• Aimhigher
• Aimhigher P4P
• Timescale

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Similarities and Differences

• HE expansion
• Social inclusion
• Partnership
• Aspirations
• Attainment
• Target groups
• Overlap activity and staff

• Driven
• Planning periods
• Geography
• Funding
• Target groups
• Reporting and monitoring

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Integration Process Vision and Facilitation

• Consolidate core
• Build on partnerships
• New resources
• Vocational routes
• Step changes

• Shared planning strategy
• Shared planning activities
• Branding
• Support
• Monitoring and Evaluation

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Policy Steer on Research

• Impact to be determined
• History of monitoring
• Tracking
• Longitudinal issues

• Early processes in place
• Integration of monitoring and evaluation
• Building on what already exists

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Widening Participation in the East of England

• Geography
• P4P strategic approach
• Aimhigher
• Impact of Partnerships for Progression

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Young People into Higher Education

• Geography
• Aims
• Objectives
• Model
• Research as integral strand

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Young People into Higher Education Research

• Longitudinal Survey
• Tools
• Themes
• Findings
• Impact of findings

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The New World

• Uncertainty
• Power
• Multi-agency
• Research monitoring, evaluation, tracking

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Conclusion

• HEFCE The Widening Participation Agenda and
  Evaluation of Aimhigher
• What is the point of research?
• Howls and Reid 2004