HE-School Partnerships Newcastle University – an approach to addressing the agenda Characteristics of effective partnerships: –Mutually beneficial –Supporting key HE-school agendas –Strong business case For example

School-HE Partnerships SCHOOL AGENDAEXAMPLES OF PARTNERSHIP WORKING (NEWCASTLE) UNIVERSITY AGENDA Raising Aspirations and Attainment  Academy Engagement  PARTNERS Programme Supported Entry Route  Aspiration-raising interventions Widening Participation Regional Engagement Increased Progression to HE  Intensive programme of aspiration-raising and curriculum relevant interventions Student Recruitment Specialism Enhancement  Subject Learning Walks  Curriculum-relevant interventions for schools  CPD provision for teachers Enhanced Teaching and Learning Recruitment to STEM/strategic shortage subject areas Support for Teaching  Students into Schools  Curriculum-relevant interventions  CPD provision for teachers Graduate Employability Widening Participation

eg PARTNERS Programme Formal agreement with 100 schools/colleges Programme of interventions, supported entry route, and lower offer (including assessed summer school) for appropriate students Business case for schools: –Raises aspirations and encourages progression –Enhanced student/staff support Business case for Newcastle University: –Progress towards benchmarks –regional engagement and relationship building –Supports student success –Student recruitment –Altruism, and the benefit of a diverse student body

eg Students into Schools Joint initiative - Newcastle and Northumbria Universities 700 students pa on placement in schools for academic credit Students matched to schools according to subject demand from school Business case for schools: –Raises aspirations of students -Classroom support for teachers (languages, maths, science, SEN, sport etc) Business case for Newcastle University: –Employability and student success –Regional engagement and relationship building –Widening participation

eg Subject Learning Walks University staff shadowing teachers in schools (facilitated by SSAT) Business case for schools: –Subject specialism enhancement –Promotes mutual understanding and supports student transition Business case for Newcastle University: Early days, but potentially: -Supports students transition, and success -Updates staff knowledge and improves teaching and learning -Enhances student satisfaction (therefore encourages student recruitment)

Discussion questions: What other challenges do HE/schools face in the development of this work? How can we all address these challenges in order to rise up to the ‘every school’ quotation? How might the partnerships be mapped and monitored nationally? What will help to support the business case for partnerships?