Education written question – answered at on 20 January 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the number of activities delivered under the Aimhigher programme for young people from low-income backgrounds wishing to go to university in each year since 2004 under the programme; and how many activities he expects to be delivered in the academic year 2011-12 following the end of the Aimhigher programme.
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Aimhigher is managed by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). HEFCE have provided the following information on the number of activities undertaken by Aimhigher partnerships.
Data are not available on individual participants or before 2007-08.
The year 2007-08 was a pilot for gathering the number of activities and the information is based on 26 of the then 45 partnerships.
Number of activities | |
2007-08 | 17,251 |
2008-09 | 26,442 |
2009-10 | (1)46,028 |
(1) Figures for 2009-10 are not comparable with previous years due to a change in the way data was collected. |
We have made no estimate of the number of activities that will be delivered in 2011-12.
Universities, schools and colleges have learned much from Aimhigher about 'what works'. Universities already use this to inform their own outreach activities covered by existing access agreements, agreed with the Office for Fair Access, and the widening participation strategic assessments they submit to HEFCE. Helping young people find out about higher education is a normal part of what schools do and schools will receive additional support through the pupil premium from April 2011.
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