2019–20 UCL Widening Participation Activities Guide

ACCESS AND WIDENING PARTICIPATION

2019–20 Activities Guide

UCL Access and Widening Participation

UCL has a distinguished history of inclusivity, as the first university to admit students on merit, regardless of their race or religion.

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Introduction from Head of Access We want all students to be able to access and succeed at UCL. UCL has a distinguished history of inclusivity, as the first university to admit students on merit, regardless of their race or religion. We’re proud of our more recent gains in equal admissions. BAME students now make up 50% of our UK undergraduates, and we have seen increases in the proportion of students declaring a disability, and coming from the most deprived neighbourhoods. However, we know we can do more to ensure that those from under-represented groups are able to access UCL. I’m delighted to present our 2019–20 activities guide, which sets out the work we’re doing this year to support schools and young people. Our projects aim to address all the barriers that affect young people’s ability to access university, from academic attainment, confidence and subject knowledge to the advice and guidance they receive. Our activities support students and families from Year 5 up to Year 13. We understand the crucial role that teachers play in supporting young people, so we offer an innovative programme of activities to support teachers too.

We’re looking forward to working with you and your students this year.

Lucie March Acting Head of Access UCL Access and Widening Participation Office

Sign up and stay in touch to find out what’s new UCL’s Access and Widening Participation Office offers an exciting range of visits, events and programmes for your students in Years 5–13 and adult learners who are under-represented in higher education. We also run activities for parents and carers, and teachers and educational professionals.

We look forward to working with you this academic year to help your students achieve their best. If you would like to stay up to date with our work by receiving our monthly newsletter email us (see below) to join our mailing list. widening.participation@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/wp

Professional Learning Network All teachers and educational professionals working in state-funded schools and colleges can join our Professional Learning Network (PLN). Members of the PLN are invited to attend exclusive, evening CPD-sessions, and they receive a monthly newsletter. See page 37 or visit the website below for more information. wp.teachers@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/ professional-learning-network

About this guide We are delighted to tell you about the activities we will be running for you and your students in 2019–20. You will notice the below icons throughout. They’re there to help you see quickly what participants attending the activities can expect to gain from each activity.

Applying to university

Study skills

Attainment

Subject knowledge

Confidence building

University awareness

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Eligibility criteria UCL’s widening participation activity aims to increase the numbers of students from under-represented groups in higher education. As such, we score students against our eligibility criteria (see below and right) in order for them to participate in our activities.

Students must be attending a state school in the UK, and priority will be given to the students who meet one or more of the following criteria. We also reserve 50% of places for male students, as they are currently underrepresented across our programmes.

School Attend a non-selective state school; attend a school with low average attainment levels for GCSE or A level.

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Family background Do not have parents or carers who studied at university; have parents from non-professional occupations; are currently eligible for free school meals.

Neighbourhood Live in neighbourhoods with low overall progression rates to higher education and high levels of deprivation. (We use POLAR, IMD and Acorn data to assess this.)

Groups under-represented in higher education —— Forced migrants; young carers; students estranged from their family; care-experienced students and disabled students.

—— Under-represented ethnic and gender groups (Black African and Black Caribbean students, White British students who meet our family background/neighbourhood criteria and students from Gypsy and Traveller communities).

Academic potential We are looking to work with highly able students who have the potential to meet UCL’s minimum entry criteria. For some of our programmes we will ask students to provide details of a teacher who can give a reference to comment on their potential.

For students aged 16+ —— Applicants must have achieved at least five A*–B/9–6 grades at GCSE; —— Applicants must be likely to achieve a minimum of ABB at A level or at least 34 points at IB (please note that for subject specific activity students must be on track to meet the degree programme’s minimum entry requirements); —— Applicants must be taking at least two subjects from UCL’s list of preferred A levels ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/undergraduate/application/ entry-requirements/preferred-level-subjects ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/eligibility-criteria

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Contents This guide contains information about UCL’s key access and widening participation activities for the following groups:

Years 5–11

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Bring Your Family to University Visit Days 12 Visits to Schools 13 Raising Attainment 14 Envision 16 Target Medicine (Years 9–11) 17 Discover UCL: A Summer School for D/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students 18 UCL Culture 19

Access UCL 22 Summer Challenge 23 Summer Schools 25 Year 12 Masterclasses 26

Enabling Social Mobility through Education (ESME) 36 Professional Learning Network (PLN) 37

UCL Choices 27

HE Advisers Conference 38

Target Medicine (Year 12) 28

Teacher Masterclasses 39

Teacher Action Research Project (TARP) 40 Specific Groups 30 KS2 Attainment Visits to Schools 32 Project 41 UCL Culture 33 Advancing Access 42 Student Shadowing Scheme 29

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Activities for your students in Years 5–11 UCL’s Access and Widening Participation Office offers a wide range of activities for students in Years 5 to 11, both residential and non-residential, to give young people the opportunity to experience university teaching, find out more about life as a student and explore new learning pathways.

Our programmes are designed to encourage highly-able students to pursue the diversity of subject options available to them at university and to equip learners with the tools to succeed.

We work with our participants to help them understand the importance of GCSE and A level choices for their prospective careers. Our interactive and engaging projects aim to build students’ confidence in their knowledge and abilities, and assist them in gaining useful skills and experiences like analytical and creative thinking, group work, leadership, presentation, and research or individual work.

We also organise events for family members and schedule information sessions to advise parents and carers on the ways that they can support their young person throughout their time at school and university.

Our activities offer young learners the opportunity to stay in touch with us for the whole period of their secondary school studies, and they can then progress to other UCL programmes that we run for Years 12–13.

For more information, dates and how to apply to our programmes, please visit: ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/learners

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Bring Your Family to University Visit Days

We host visit UCL days for students in Year 5 right up to Year 11, and their parents and carers. Bring Your Family to University Visit Days are free to attend and all members of the family are welcome. Attendees will learn more about university in general, subject choices and educational pathways, university degree subject options and related careers.

These one-day events include activities such as academic taster lectures, careers panels, campus tours, advice on areas such as student finance and how to apply to university, parent guidance sessions, and the opportunity to talk to current UCL staff and students.

We typically run two Bring Your Family to University Visit Days. One for students in Years 5/6 and their families, and one for students in Years 7–11 and their families.

Further information about the Bring Your Family to University Visit Days that we will be running in 2019–20 will be available on our website soon. wp.pre16@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/family-visits

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Visits to Schools

We welcome invitations to visit non-selective state schools in Greater London. We can attend events or deliver a presentation or workshop.

Where possible, we prefer to deliver sessions to your highly able or gifted and talented students.

For Years 7–11, we offer the following: —— STEM or arts, humanities and social sciences subject taster sessions by trained UCL PhD students. Every session will include a short talk about applying to university.

—— Current Student Ambassadors to attend Careers Fairs and share their experiences as UCL students and advise about entry requirements and possible degrees.

Please note that this is based on staff and resourcing capacity and we may not be able to accommodate all requests. wp.pre16@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/school-visits

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Raising Attainment

UCL recognises that attainment can be a barrier that prevents young people with potential from reaching their goals and UCL’s Access and Widening Participation Office is committed to developing projects that support the attainment of pupils from under-represented backgrounds. We are investing in research to ascertain how universities can best impact the attainment of young people from backgrounds underrepresented in higher education.

This evidence base will inform the projects and activities that we develop with school-age pupils in future. We are committed to the development of projects that impact on attainment not only to support and benefit individual young people, but also to contribute to the knowledge base of the sector and change the national education picture for the better. We work with world leading experts from the UCL Institute of Education in order to ensure that our activity is founded on the most relevant and current research and expertise.

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We work with world-leading experts from the UCL Institute of Education in order to ensure that our activity is founded on the most relevant and current expertise.

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Envision

Envision is a one-day event for young people of African and Caribbean heritage interested in learning more about university and future career options.

It is an opportunity for students to: —— Gain valuable advice to help them plan their future —— Participate in subject taster sessions led by a UCL academic —— Develop practical skills to help them prepare for university life —— Meet current UCL students and find out more about UCL —— Speak to professionals about potential career paths Envision is free to attend for young people in Years 11 and 12. wp.post16@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/envision

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Target Medicine (Years 9–11)

The Target Medicine Summer School is a five day, non-residential programme for Year 11 students. Target Medicine: BECOME is a one-day event for Year 9 and 10 students of African-Caribbean descent or mixed Black backgrounds. Both events are friendly, fun and interactive courses for students to find out what it’s like to go to university and study medicine. Students will work with current medical students, quiz qualified doctors, attend medical workshops, lectures and clinical skills sessions, find out more about medical school selection criteria and the application process, student finance, and the support and opportunities available at university. The overall aim is to give students a chance to experience university life firsthand, with the objective to encourage and support them in making future education and career choices.

Applications for the Target Medicine Summer School and BECOME events will open in spring 2020. tmenquiries@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/target-medicine

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“The summer school provided everything – information on finance, support, meeting new people, gaining and sharing experiences” Discover Summer School Participant

Discover UCL: A Summer School for D/deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

The Discover UCL Summer School is a three-day residential programme exclusively for D/deaf and hard of hearing students in Year 11 and 12.

Students are given the opportunity to stay in halls of residence for two nights, find out more about UCL and university life in general, meet current students who are D/ deaf and hard of hearing and find out about the services and provisions offered at UCL. The programme is run in collaboration with the UCL Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre.

Applications for the 2020 summer school will open in spring 2020. wp.post16@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/discover-ucl

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UCL Culture

UCL Culture’s work with state-funded primary and secondary schools is funded by UCL’s Access and Widening Participation Office.

For Key Stage 2, UCL Culture offers hands-on workshops that enhance learning and are based on handling genuine museum objects. They run workshops using objects from UCL collections on: —— Life in Ancient Greece —— Ancient Egypt: Mummification —— Introduction to the Stone Age Sessions are run by very experienced museum professionals and last 45–60 minutes, in your classroom. educationofficer@ucl.ac.uk All schools are welcome to bring classes to visit the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and the Grant Museum of Zoology. museums@ucl.ac.uk UCL Culture’s Year 8 Summer School is a great introduction to a range of university subjects, this programme of activities around the theme of the human-body runs in the May half-term break. s.r.hutton@ucl.ac.uk UCL East Museum-schools programme (only for schools in Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest) is a free dedicated programme for secondary schools in the vicinity of the Olympic Park. e.bryant@ucl.ac.uk

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Activities for your students in Years 12–13 Young people in Years 12 and 13 can visit UCL to take part in a wide variety of residential and non-residential programmes whilst studying for their A levels. Our programmes for Years 12–13 students explore the wealth of options available to young people who are considering applying to university, and provide more in-depth advice and guidance about the process.

Our activities give participants the opportunity to learn more about the subjects that they are considering studying at university. We work together with academics, PhD students and other UCL professionals to create interesting, in-depth sessions, aimed at offering young learners a taste of student life and university-level study.

The projects our team deliver include workshops that focus on applying to university, writing a great personal statement, and skills-based sessions focused on completing an undergraduate degree.

We also recognise that some students can face particular obstacles when accessing higher education. We offer tailored support to disabled students, estranged students, forced migrant students, mature students and young people in care and care leavers.

In 2019–20 we are proud to be in the second year of our alternative offer scheme, Access UCL. Eligibility for Access UCL is based on the schools students have attended and their home postcode.

For more information, dates and how to apply to our programmes, please visit: ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/learners/year-12-and-13

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Access UCL UCL runs an alternative offer scheme for students from under-represented groups.

Eligibility is based on the schools students have attended and their home postcode.

Access UCL – contextual admissions for eligible applicants All UK applicants are automatically assessed for Access UCL on application through UCAS. If a student is eligible and their application to UCL is successful, they will receive a standard UCL offer and an Access UCL offer which has lower grade requirements.

For full details of eligibility and the contextual offer, visit our website or get in touch: Rebecca Surin or Alison Forbes wp.accessucl@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/wp/access-ucl

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Summer Challenge

Summer Challenge is a programme of subject-specific courses for Year 12 students. There are a number of courses on offer in a diverse range of STEM and humanities subjects, all taught by UCL academics and PhD students.

During the course of the programme, students work together to produce a presentation or poster which they will present to the rest of the group at the end of the challenge.

Summer Challenge encourages critical thinking and debate, and develops valuable skills for A level and university study. It runs over six weeks at UCL’s campus in Bloomsbury during June and July. Applications for our 2020 Summer Challenge will open in early 2020. wp.taster@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/summer-challenge

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Evening events have included theatre trips, London bus tours and trips on the London Eye.

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Summer Schools

Every summer we run a variety of Non-Residential and Residential Summer Schools in lots of different subjects. They are a great way for students to gain an insight into university life.

These summer schools are attended by participants from across the UK and are designed to help build confidence and offer the chance to meet and work with people who each have different experiences.

During the day students attend academic sessions. Then for students on the Residential Summer Schools a programme of social activities is organised for the evenings. In previous years, evening events have included theatre trips, London bus tours and trips on the London Eye. UCL provides all food and travel as well as costs for any organised activities.

In 2020 we will run Non-Residential and Residential Summer schools across July and August.

Further information about the different academic subjects running in 2020 and the application process will be available in January 2020. wp.taster@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/learners/ year-12-and-13

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Year 12 Masterclasses

Designed to help students decide what they would like to study at university.

Our Masterclasses are one-day events that offer Year 12 students a taste of studying and learning at UCL. We offer a range of subjects to choose from and the experience can provide an excellent example to use in a student’s personal statement.

Year 12 Masterclasses are entertaining, hands-on sessions run in partnership with UCL academics and PhD students. Students will have the opportunity to go on campus tours and meet UCL students and other like-minded young people.

Further information about our 2019–20 Masterclasses will be available on our website later this academic year. wp.post16@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/masterclasses

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UCL Choices

UCL Choices is a series of one-day free events for Year 12 students, each focusing on different subject areas and introducing students to the wealth of options available for study at university.

Students can join us on UCL’s campus for taster lectures from academic and PhD students, and to hear from graduates and current students about their experiences.

They will also receive a subject-specific tour of the campus, highlighting UCL’s museums, galleries, labs and libraries.

We have previously run UCL Choices events in subjects including Arts & Humanities, Laws & Social Sciences and Computer Science & Engineering.

Further information including application details will be available on our website later this academic year. wp.post16@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/ucl-choices

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Target Medicine (Year 12)

The Target Medicine Mentoring Scheme is a year-long programme for Year 12 students from under-represented backgrounds with the potential and desire to go to medical school. The mentoring scheme takes place over an entire calendar year, starting from January when students are in Year 12, through to December, when students are in Year 13 and ready to apply to medical school. Successful applicants will be paired with a current UCL Medical student who will act as their mentor.

The programme is made up of seven face to face mentoring sessions, regular one to one contact using the Brightside online mentoring platform, and a series of application support events; including BMAT and UCAT information sessions/mock exams, meet the doctor event, admissions and student finance presentations, and mock medical school interviews.

All face to face mentoring sessions and support events will take place on Wednesday evenings at the UCL Bloomsbury campus.

Applications for the Target Medicine Mentoring Scheme 2020 will open in September 2019. targetmedicine@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/target-medicine

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Student Shadowing Scheme

Our Student Shadowing Scheme is an exciting opportunity for students to come into UCL and experience what life is really like as an undergraduate student. Students who attend will: —— Accompany a current undergraduate student to a lecture (and maybe a seminar/tutorial too) in a subject area that they are interested in —— Be taken on a tour of the UCL campus —— Be able to chat with a current student about life at university —— Receive information about the wellbeing and/or financial support available while studying at UCL This scheme is open to students who are currently studying or have completed a Level 3 qualification which would enable them to apply to UCL (for example A levels, BTECs, or Access to Higher Education Diploma), and are studying or studied at a state-funded school or college.

In addition, they must meet one or more of the following criteria: —— are a disabled student; —— are a young carer; —— are a forced migrant (e.g. refugee or asylum seeker); —— are estranged from their parent(s); —— currently live or have lived in local authority care; —— will be a mature student.

Find out more: wp.shadowing@ucl.ac.uk

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Specific Groups

UCL recognises that some students can face particular obstacles when accessing higher education. We offer specific support for disabled students, estranged students, forced migrant students, mature students and young people in care and care leavers.

We have a point of contact within the team for all of these groups, who students are welcome to get in touch with for any pre-entry queries. We can help with queries related to applying for an access and widening participation activity or project; applying to UCL as an undergraduate student; understanding the various support, funding and accommodation options available; and much more. In addition we are able to liaise with other members of staff within the university on a student’s behalf if we’re not able to help personally.

As well as running the Student Shadowing Scheme (see page 29 for more information), we regularly run other events or projects for specific groups. Previous examples have included regular CPD coffee mornings for adults who work with care experienced students, equipping them with the latest knowledge and guidance in supporting their young people into higher education; a collaboration with the charity Coram, where young forced migrant students were tutored by UCL undergraduate students; assisting UCL’s Student Support and Wellbeing team with an event for new students with autistic spectrum conditions, to assist with the smooth transition into university; and ad-hoc visit days for groups of care experienced students to introduce them to university.

Further information is available on our website: ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/ specific-groups

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We offer specific support for disabled students, estranged students, forced migrant students, mature students and young people in care, and care leavers.

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Visits to Schools

We welcome invitations to visit non-selective state schools based in Greater London. We can attend events or deliver a presentation or workshop for your students in Year 12.

We offer the following: —— Presentation by a member of UCL staff. Students who are planning to apply to competitive universities will find these presentations of most relevance.

—— Attendance at Higher Education Fairs.

We also host visits to UCL for groups of Year 12 students from non-selective UK state schools.

Visits can be arranged for groups of between 15 and 50 students.

Where possible, we prefer to host your students who are planning to apply to competitive universities, as they will find these events of most relevance.

Please note that this is based on staff and resourcing capacity and we may not be able to accommodate all requests. wp.post16@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/ucl-visits-schools

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UCL Culture

UCL Culture’s work with state-funded secondary schools is funded by UCL’s Access and Widening Participation Office.

—— UCL East museum-schools programme: for schools in the boroughs of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.

—— Collections-based workshops, using academic expertise, supported by UCL students.

—— Printmaking – day one: drawing in UCL Art Museum and a visit to the Slade Print Studio. Day two: we bring a mini etching studio to your school.

—— Biorobotics – a teacher twilight introduction, an animal locomotion workshop in the Grant Museum of Zoology, then loan of a robotics kit with support from our students.

—— Creative writing: non-fiction or poetry – using objects in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, work with academics and published writers.

—— Mathematical modelling of patterns – a oneday workshop at UCL exploring how maths can describe patterns arising in nature, using the Grant Museum of Zoology.

—— Introduction to Archaeology: learning from objects – a short workshop in school.

For further information visit UCL Culture’s website. e.bryant@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/culture/schools/secondary-schools

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Activities for teachers Working with teachers and other educational professionals within schools is integral to the success of our work.

Teachers are key partners in raising an awareness of UCL and have a crucial role to play in facilitating fair access to opportunities and helping to improve social mobility.

We offer professional support, working with experts from the UCL Institute of Education to ensure that CPD opportunities are innovative and practical for every stage of a teacher’s career. Previous CPD sessions that we have run have included making marking count, raising mental health awareness and metacognition in the classroom.

UCL’s Teacher and Professional Engagement team is also dedicated to connecting teachers and other professionals working in schools to the latest higher education information primarily via our Professional Learning Network and Teacher Masterclasses.

The team also supports a number of school-based research projects.

We recognise that school-based research informs teaching and learning, creates a greater understanding of barriers to higher education, and also raises academic attainment. As an institution, and particularly through the UCL Institute of Education, we are well-placed to support teachers who wish to engage in projects designed to improve outcomes for their students and ultimately share these findings so that all schools are able to benefit from the research.

Generally, all our activities for teachers and educational professionals have funding provided for associated costs, including teacher cover costs and travel expenses.

For more information, dates and how to apply to our programmes, please visit: ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/teachers-and-educationprofessionals

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Enabling Social Mobility through Education (ESME)

Enabling Social Mobility through Education: working together to maximise higher education progression (ESME) is a free, online CPD programme for school-based staff, providing schools and colleges with online information and resources relating to higher education information and guidance, and the role of higher education in the social mobility agenda.

ESME is designed for educationalists who work in institutions with large populations of students from backgrounds under-represented in higher education. The programme is intended for a range of staff including teachers, school leaders, careers advisers and pastoral staff. The programme draws upon evidence-based strategies designed to support student progression, widen access and promote social mobility.

Further information about when we will be running ESME in 2019–20 will be made available on our website. wp.teachers@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/wideningparticipation/enablingsocial-mobility-througheducation

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Professional Learning Network (PLN)

We have launched a Professional Learning Network (PLN) for teachers and education professionals. Members of the PLN are invited to attend special events including regular Teacher Takeaway twilight CPD sessions, and also receive a regular newsletter outlining events and opportunities at UCL. PLN activities and events draw together a community of education professionals interested in engaging with research and sharing practice to support achievement and progression. Our intention is that practising teachers will form a powerful voice within the network, shaping content and helping to deliver CPD, which will be complemented by contributions from experts within higher education and the world of work.

As part of UCL’s commitment to widening participation and fair access, the Professional Learning Network is free to join and aimed at teachers working in state-funded schools and colleges. wp.teachers@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/wideningparticipation/professionallearning-network

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HE Advisers Conference

This conference will look at applying to competitive universities as well as how to provide accurate higher education information and guidance (HEIAG) to your students. It is designed for all teachers and education professionals who have responsibility for advising students on UCAS applications or for providing careers guidance in an educational context.

The conference will include sessions on: —— Writing personal statements and academic references —— Providing careers guidance to students —— How to support students throughout the UCAS cycle The event will feature lectures, workshops, and panel discussions, which aim to give teachers the most accurate and up to date information to support student progression to higher education as well as offering an insight into UCL Admissions. Further information about the 2020 conference will be available soon. wp.teachers@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/teacher-summer-school

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Teacher Masterclasses

Our Teacher Masterclasses are designed to support the teaching of specific areas of subject knowledge or areas of the curriculum.

Our free masterclasses can be delivered at your school at a time that suits you, and can also include partner schools. We have run masterclasses on the Victorian Novel, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Teaching English Grammar. We have also run masterclasses on a range of mathematics and science subjects. Additionally, we also run sessions on writing personal statements and academic references. Further information about our 2019–20 Teacher Masterclasses will be made available shortly on our website. wp.teachers@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/teacher-masterclasses

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Teacher Action Research Project (TARP)

UCL’s Teacher Action Research Project (TARP) is designed to support teachers in leading a school-based research and development project that has a particular focus on raising attainment for students who are under-represented in higher education.

The TARP recognises the considerable skills and expertise teachers bring to educational research, and that this is a critical component in identifying practice that works in a classroom setting. We also understand the need to provide dedicated time and resources for teachers to successfully plan and implement a research and development cycle, therefore we have partnered with the UCL London Centre for Leadership in Learning to develop a bespoke programme that supports teachers from question design through to evaluation.

The TARP programme is fully-funded by the UCL Access and Widening Participation Office and in 2019/20 will focus on raising attainment at Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5. wp.teachers@ucl.ac.uk ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/teacher-action-research-project

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Key Stage 2 Attainment Project

In 2019/20 the UCL Access and Widening Participation Office is developing a project that aims to maintain and raise attainment for students at Key Stage 2 and also support the transition to Key Stage 3. The project is running in partnership with the UCL Centre for Behaviour Change and will commence in September 2020. If you are interested in learning more about the project or joining our Programme Advisory Board please email: wp.teachers@ucl.ac.uk

TARP recognises the considerable skills and expertise teachers bring to educational research.

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Advancing Access

UCL is a partner of Advancing Access – an initiative joining the 24 Russell Group universities which provides free CPD to teachers and careers advisers.

Advancing Access aims to enable teachers and advisers to support their students to make successful applications to some of the UK’s most competitive universities. Their CPD offering includes: —— Free CPD sessions delivered in schools or colleges.

Popular sessions include: –– Writing effective UCAS references and supporting students with personal statements –– Supporting students to make qualification and subject choices at age 16 and 18 –– Interviews and additional admissions tests —— A large online repository of free CPD resources, including a collection of student and graduate video case studies —— Regular online virtual conferences and physical CPD conferences held in various locations across the UK. To find out more visit the website below. You can also contact UCL to see if we can deliver an Advancing Access CPD session at your school or college (subject to our eligibility criteria). wp.teachers@ucl.ac.uk advancingaccess.ac.uk

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