Meet the team
Thu, 11 Dec 2014 05:50:00 GMT
The University's work with schools and colleges plays an important role in our recruitment activity. The Schools and Colleges Liaison team spend their time being that crucial link between the University and these institutions.
This staff feature introduces the team and what they do, so for those of you who don't already know them you can meet the team.
You can find out more about each team member here: Meet the team and more about their work here: Schools and Colleges Liaison Team
What do they do?
The Schools and Colleges Liaison team offers a diverse range of activities and events for all age groups to promote progression to Higher Education.
They provide impartial information, advice and guidance about how to research Higher Education courses and institutions as well as specialist advice on topics such as student finance and making an effective application through UCAS.
The team provides a number of progression activities for Adult Learners as well as Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities for school/college staff and careers advisers. They are also happy to be the liaison point between school/college staff wishing to form links with University staff in specific subject areas.
Widening Participation
The team works closely with our school and college partners across the region with the aim of widening participation to Higher Education.
They have an excellent reputation for widening participation with 100% of advisers and teachers in partner schools stating that they would recommend the University to a colleague for its widening participation advice.
Their successful Progression Module currently has 700 registered learners from 10 schools. 94% of students on the course said that it had allowed them to consider university in more depth. 9 out of 10 participating teachers agreed that the Progression Module increased understanding and awareness of higher education.
How do they do it?
As well as organising the popular undergraduate open days and applicant visit days here on campus you will often find the team out and about visiting schools and colleges across the country delivering a variety of recruitment activities, including:
- Workshops
- Presentations
- Partnership events
- On campus visits
- Mock interviews
- Higher Education and Careers Fairs
- Drop in sessions
- Continuing Professional Development sessions
- Conferences
- Celebration events
What’s next?
As the higher education sector continues to change the team is always keen to develop and grow with future plans including:
- Consolidation and maintenance of their current strong relationships.
- Increased activity through the National Collaborative Outreach Network.
- Continuing to develop the Student Ambassador scheme by introducing Senior Student Ambassadors who will be able to take on more responsibility.
- Development of interactive activities.
- Building links in Northern Ireland in order to increase recruitment from this area.
- Continuing to develop their Taster Day programme where school pupils and teachers can gain a real insight in to specific course areas.
