1. Lothians Equal Access Partnership for Schools is a partnership of the following organisations: The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University, Heriot-Watt University, Queen Margaret University, Scottish Rural University College, City of Edinburgh Council, East Lothian Council, Midlothian Council, West Lothian Council and Skills Development Scotland Academic Skills on the LEAPS Summer School @leapsaswww.leapsacademicskills.net

2. LEAPS Summer School 7-week Summer School taught across partner campuses Supports entry, transition and retention in Higher Education 3 courses of university level study including Academic Skills LEAPS-eligible* (WP criteria), from 59 state schools in SE Scotland Students hold a conditional offer of a place at uni. in the UK Reports written for each student to support admission *for LEAPS eligibility criteria, please see: www.leapsonline.org/eligibility-criteria.html

3. Our students 170 students From one of 59 schools in South East Scotland Have conditional offers for a wide range of subjects and UK institutions Express reasonable pre-course confidence * Straight from the Scottish school environment *Unpublished data from ‘LEAPS Survey 2012: exploring attitudes to learning in higher education’. 110 of the 170 prospective Summer School cohort completed the survey (64.7%). Of these, 12.7% chose the option ‘I feel very confident that I will be able to achieve the standard of work required at university’, 70.9% chose ‘confident’ and 16.4% ‘uncertain’.

4. Transition from school to Higher Education Skills and strategies that contribute to success Develop confident independent learners TLA: blended learning – classroom and online Summative assessment: essay (50%) group presentation (50%) Formative assessment opportunities – in class and online The Academic Skills course Informed by literature and practice – we develop the course each year Popular (reasonably - currently 5 th in the top 5 things students enjoyed on SS 2014)

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6. Academic Skills on the LEAPS Summer School Alice Smith alice.c.smith@ed.ac.uk James Lamb james.lamb@ed.ac.uk leapsacademicskills.net @leapsas