Posters – 1007
Visual Communication: A tool for Widening Access Practitioners
Helen King, Access to Creative Education for Scotland, Scotland
Visual Communication: A Tool for Widening Access Practitioners; aims to highlight the benefits of accessible communication strategies for widening access audiences. Signs and symbols are used across areas of society as they are universally understood. Applying these principles to Widening Access practice, removes barriers to understanding and increase participation with activities.
Exploring equity around Widening Access across Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Scotland
Kelly Stewart, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
Focus on equity around social class across Higher Education Institutions in Scotland, exploring the ways in which HEIs seek to understand the lives of students from widening access backgrounds, or not. Interest in use of implicit/explicit bias around social class as method of explaining approaches and mechanisms, or lack thereof.
Applied business skills in Neuro-diverse young people
Malcolm McGregor, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
For the past two years, as a University we have partnered Enable Scotland and EY to teach a core range of business skills at Scottish quality level 4 to a group of neuro-diverse young people. The programme aims to provide participants with the confidence required to pursue further education after leaving school and or apply for a job in business. We are writing a paper that uses participant evaluation to inform the effectiveness of the programme, to reveal emerging ideas and improve practice.
Summer school - the story of the initial steps in transition to undergraduate life
Neil Speirs, University of Edinburgh, Scotland; Susan Forrest, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
This poster will summarise the development of the Sutton Trust summer school at the University of Edinburgh over the last 10 years. We’ll outline our practice, process of reflective evaluation and report on a number of our measured outcomes as well as reflecting of the value of experiential learning.
A database of good practice to support under-represented students
Nele Pierlet, Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, Belgium
SURFY is an EU-funded-project to increase access, participation and success of students from underrepresented groups. This project resulted in a database of good practices. In this poster we will summarize our findings, share the newly launched website (QR) and share the upcoming output coming in 2025.
New European Higher Education Area Framework for the Social Dimension
Ninoslav Scukanec Schmidt, Institute for the Development of Education / Bologna Follow-up Working Group on Social Dimension
The 2024 European Higher Education Area (EHEA) framework includes principles, guidelines, indicators, and descriptors for the social dimension, adopted by 49 member states. The session will explain how it empowers EHEA public authorities and higher education institutions to create system-wide and institutional policies, fostering equity and inclusion in higher education.
An exploration of the nature of students’ soft skills development in the context of experiential education in contrasting business management undergraduate courses
Rod Brazier, London College of Contemporary Arts, England
Preparing for Success: Supporting Widening Access Applicants as they enter Higher Education
Sharon Matthews, University of Dundee, Scotland
Since launching in 1993, the Access Summer School run by the University of Dundee has helped more than 3,000 students enter higher education and has been recognised nationally as an example of best practice. However, like other widening access programmes we are facing significant challenges in opening the door to all who want to access higher education. How can we realistically address these challenges in the future?
ArbeiterKind.de
Susan Bargmann, ArbeiterKind.de, Germany; Lisa Maria Dziobaka, ArbeiterKind.de, Germany; Janna Voigt, ArbeiterKind.de, Germany
Our poster introduces ArbeiterKind.de, a German non-profit organisation that supports and encourages future and current First-Generation-Students. We highlight the necessity of ArbeiterKind.de, outline our goals, and emphasize the operational model of our volunteer-based organisation.
IDEM – Inclusion, Diversity & Equity in Mobility
Aaron Szczerba, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany; Hanna Liisa Hakala, Aalto University, Finland
The Erasmus+ project “IDEM” places student participation at its core. It wants to ensure equal opportunities for all students in European mobility programs, addressing quantitative and qualitative imbalances. Recognising individual needs, IDEM provides concrete solutions for support and resources, especially for less visible groups facing specific challenges.
Additional Activities
Connect with Coffee Networking – 1006
Laura Kwiatkowski, SCAPP (Scotland’s Community of Access and Participation Practitioners), Scotland; Muriel Alexander, SCAPP (Scotland’s Community of Access and Participation Practitioners), Scotland
Join this facilitated networking session to build new, professional connections with your fellow Access and Participation colleagues.
Networking can help to foster community, share practice and perspectives, and build understanding between professionals on how to best support our students underrepresented in tertiary education.
Tea and Coffee provided!