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Conference Information
The West Forum will be involved in the FACE (Forum for Access and Continuing Education) Conference due to be held in the UnIversity of Glasgow between 29th June and 1st July 2011.
For further information please click here.
Seminar Series
The West Forum hosted a Seminar Series during May and June. The main theme was 'Widening Access, Inclusion and Participation'.
The following seminars took place:
- Lifelong Learning in Transition: Rethinking the Mass Higher Education Institution in an Age of Diversity and Uncertainty David N Smith, 19 May 2010, Glasgow Caledonian University
- Blended Professionals: Stirred but not...
West Forum Staff News
Dr Nicole Lederle is the evaluator at the West Forum and took up post from Ian Gillan on 10th August 2009. Nicole is responsible for evaluating the West Forum’s work with young people and adult learners and communities. Activities have involved designing questionnaire surveys to record key education and personal data of our pupils and adult learners when they register with our activities. This will allow us, together with evaluation data after individuals have taken part in our activities, to better understand any changes these learners have experienced in terms...
RSAMD Entry to the Creative Industries
Entry to the Creative Industries (Production and
Performance) is a collaboration between FOCUS West and the Royal
Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. It works with S5 and S6 pupils
who have demonstrated or expressed an interest in the performing or
production arts.
The tutor, Chloe Dobson-O’Sullivan, delivers workshops within the FOCUS West schools which explore careers within the creative industries...
Top-Up Programme Update
Highlights from Top-Up
- The Top-Up Programme tutor recruitment took place in September/October 2009. 295 applications were received, 85 people were interviewed and 30 new tutors were appointed. 42 tutors continued from 2008-09.
- Tutor training was conducted between Monday 26 October and Wednesday 4 November. New tutors received 15 hours of training and continuing tutors attended for 9 hours. A further 4 hours of training will be delivered in January/February 2010.
- School sessions began...
SWAPWest Case Studies - Access to Science
Access to Science - North Glasgow College
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Now studying science at UWS, Glasgow Caledonian University, Strathclyde University and University of Glasgow
Andrew...
SWAPWest Case Studies - Access to Primary Education
Access to Primary Education - John Wheatley College
Jacqueline, Lyndsey and June completed the Access to Humanities programme at John Wheatley College in 2004 and subsequently progressed to the degree programme, BEd in Primary Teaching, at the University of Glasgow.
Not only did they complete the programme with Honours, but each achieved a First Class degree. June was awarded the Faculty Prize.
The three graduates are now teaching in primary schools in the Greater Glasgow area.
SWAPWest Case Studies - Access to Nursing
Access to Nursing - South Lanarkshire College
The Access to Nursing students are celebrating their achievement at the annual awards ceremony in Glasgow with tutor Janet Hill.
The award celebrated the students’ individual achievements, their ability to support each other as a group and their participation in College and Community life.
On Track: Update
It has been an exciting term for the On Track
programme.
Between September and December the new On Track team of Ian, Brook and Betty organised university transition support for more than 300 college students across nine colleges.
College staff and students have welcomed the programme’s new flexible delivery model that fits the provision around the availability and the...
FOCUS West Project Update
The FOCUS West school programme (Focus on College and University Study in the west of Scotland) began in September 2008 following on from the successes of the GOALS Project which formally ceased in July 2008.
Major achievements in 2008-09
Delivery of the programme
- A smooth transition from the GOALS Project to FOCUS West
- The successful introduction of six new schools into the programme and 23 schools choosing to remain involved with the Forum, making 29 schools in total on the...
CALL West Project Update
CALL West: Community Access to Lifelong Learning
In March 2009, the West Forum appointed four Learning Development Officers (LDOs) to work on a new programme helping community based adult learners make the transition into mainstream college or university study. CALL West provides information, advice and guidance to learners who have already taken the first steps into learning but who need a helping hand to make the next step. The LDOs work with groups or individuals in geographically deprived areas providing information about routes into college or university...
Full Newsletter Address from the Chair
Welcome to the second edition of the West of Scotland Wider Access Forum’s e-newsletter. Since the last newsletter, the Forum and its partners have been busy delivering the programme to our learners and working on the Operational Plan of work. You may also have attended the West Forum Annual conference which was held on 3 February at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Glasgow. Feedback from this event was overwhelmingly positive, and copies of the speakers’ and workshop leaders’ can be found on the Forum website.Â
There have been several significant changes to the way that the...
Conference 2010
The West of Scotland Wider Access Forum Annual Conference took place on 3 February 2010 in Glasgow. Speakers' slides and presentations are available here.