The University of Chichester will be sharing the secrets of its success in attracting disadvantaged students into Higher Education with Swedish practitioners next week (14-18 February).
Carole Nairn and Lesley-Anne Holder from the University’s Widening Participation have been invited to Stockholm to present to the national board meeting of Include, the Swedish widening participation programme. All universities in Sweden will be represented at the meeting along with other interested parties, and will get the opportunity to talk in depth about Chichester’s activities.
As well as presenting at the meeting, Carole and Lesley-Anne will be visiting universities in Sweden to see how they break down the traditional barriers for people entering Higher Education, and exploring ideas that could be implemented at Chichester.
The trip has been made possible thanks to funding from Erasmus, an initiative supported by the British Council that promotes exchanges between European universities to increase mobility within Europe.
Carole, who is Widening Participation Manager at the University of Chichester, said: “We are honoured to have been invited to present to Swedish practitioners, sharing our experiences of how we encourage young people to reach their full potential. They are particularly interested in the work we do at primary school level, and the Learning Progression Framework we have introduced this year, which ensures we give students at all levels the right support and opportunities if they want to move up the education system.
“From our perspective, we will learn a great deal from the visits to Swedish universities, understanding how they work with disadvantaged students, how they support students financially if they wish to go to university, and how widening participation activity is funded. We hope to gain some best practice from them and see if it can be introduced at Chichester so we can reach out to more young people in the UK who may not have considered going to university in the future.”
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