September 2002
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Students invited to Summer School - FE2HE

This year's FE2HE summer school scheme has been hailed a great success with students coming from all over the region to live in the University's Halls of Residence for a week, finding out what they can do to save the planet and sampling a variety of academic, social and sporting activities.

The scheme is aimed at students in Year 12 at Further Education and sixth form colleges in the UK. The programme gave students the opportunity to get involved with a whole programme of events and activities such as designing and building swimming robots, developing their creative and critical thinking skills and attending lectures and seminars in a choice of subjects.

The students were also able to meet existing University students to find out what student life is really like, get useful advice on applying to university and picking up some handy tips on studying and student finances.

The funding was provided by the Government's Department for Education and Skills, and the educational charity Sutton Trust, which encourages and supports non-privileged pupils to go to university.

Mr Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust, said: "Research we carried out into summer schools shows that students attending colleges of Further Education were less likely to apply for summer school places than school students. We have therefore worked with the Government and FE Colleges to run summer schools which have been especially designed for FE students, to offer them a wide range of opportunities."

Priority was given to students who would be the first in their family to go to Higher Education, from families with relatively low incomes or those who lived in an area or attended a college from which a low proportion of students go on to Higher Education.

• For further information on FE2HE, please contact the Course Organiser, Joanne Crowther, on 01274 (23)3871. Alternatively, email j.crowther@bradford.ac.uk

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