Guides

Partnership: Aimhigher West Midlands
Contact: Karen Mandefield - Karen.Mandefield@wlv.ac.uk or 01902 824 423

The Aimhigher West Midlands team have produced a guide to Higher Education for disabled learners. Available in braille, audio and electronic format the guide brings together all the topics and information that a disabled learner needs to consider when applying to Higher Education.

Aspire Aimhigher South East London has produced a Student Ambassador Training Manual with relevant information enclosed and divided into sections.

Partnership: Aimhigher Northamptonshire
Contact: Philip Burch, 01604 893311

Aimhigher Northamptonshire has produced three information packs:

• Activities for Schools - This is available to all schools in Northamptonshire from Year 9 through to Year 13. It is aimed at widening participation in Higher Education.

• University Guide 2006/2007 - This provides information such as university rankings, background information for each of the universities and a list of useful addresses and websites.

• Work Based Learning: Educational Pathways

Partnership: Aimhigher Greater Manchester
Contact: Caroline Andrews - c.andrews@open.ac.uk

Aimhigher Greater Manchester has produced a 'Helping Your Child to Aim Higher' mini booklet for parents. The booklet was supplied by a company called Purple Penguin. It cost £5293.38 (inc.VAT) in total for 10,000 copies. The booklets were sent out to 10 boroughs and the cost for this was included in the total amount.

Partnership: Aimhigher Greater Manchester
Contact: Caroline Andrews - c.andrews@open.ac.uk

Aimhigher Greater Manchester has produced an A-Z guide called 'On the Road to Uni'. This was supplied by a company called Purple Penguin. The guides cost £4,365 for 10,000 copies.

Partnership: Aimhigher Greater Manchester
Contact: Caroline Andrews - c.andrews@open.ac.uk

Aimhigher Greater Manchester has produced a guide called 'Foundation Degrees in Greater Manchester' - 2006/2007. The guide was supplied by a company called Purple Penguin.