UWE Bristol Heading Higher Passport Plus Recruitment Outreach

UWE Bristol Heading Higher Passport Plus Recruitment & Outreach Team

Heading Higher Passport Plus • Progression – what is it? What is my starting point for the next stage in my journey? • What is Heading Higher Passport Plus, how could it help? • Getting involved in Heading Higher Passport Plus experiences?

A‘successful’ journey involves… • I want to and believe I can • I know about myself and the potential opportunities • I have the skills & qualities to make it happen

Progression in learning

Heading Higher Passport Plus Aspiration Mandatory module; Visit an HE Awareness Mandatory module; Reflect on your Attainment institution and talk to a currentstudent experiences to develop self-awareness Mandatory module; HE study skills Plus a minimum of four optional modules from any theme

You choose the optional modules to do because • Your starting point is unique to you • It’s your map, it develops and changes as you do

Widening participation

Which image is more interesting?

Encouraging participation Research says that some people think that university is not for people ‘like them’ We know there are groups who are underrepresented in higher education

Higher education concerns…

Benefits the learner and uni… • Students who are confident in their HE application and who are offered a place • Students who stay on programme, and engage in university life • Graduates who are academically successful and progress into employment

Registered HHP Plus applicants to UWE Bristol earn… • 40 UCAS tariff points (Undergraduate Degree) or • 20 UCAS Tariff Points (Foundation Degree)

Students at Heading Higher Passport Plus approved schools & colleges get… • Priority access to popular UWE Bristol outreach events • Once at UWE Bristol HHP Plus applicants have priority access to part-time employment.

Is this you? • Be in Care to a Local Authority or Care Leaver • Be Disabled, as defined under the Disabled Student Allowance (DSA) guidance • Identify yourself as belonging to a BME group • First in family to access higher education • Live in a low income household as defined within the UWE bursary scheme • Need to study locally for an identified health, social or cultural reason • Be resident at an address in a Low Participation Neighbourhood (LPN)

Eligibility Criteria • Have the potential to succeed in higher education at Foundation Degree or Undergraduate Degree level and • attend a Heading Higher Passport Plus Registered school, Academy or college

Expectations: young people • Complete all three mandatory modules and a minimum four optional modules • Provide evidence of learning gained through Heading Higher Passport Plus to their school or college

What next? • You decide, could the HHP Plus learning experiences help you? • Based on your self-assessment, what do you want to tackle first? • Keep a record of your learning from the different things you do

Further information about Heading Higher Passport Plus www. uwe. ac. uk/hhpp recruitment. outreach@uwe. ac. uk