Aimhigher in the national news

Click on the links below to view Aimhigher press coverage, which has appeared in the national news. For 2007 and 2008 national news coverage, please click on the link to left.

May 2010

‘Aimhigher Associates’ - Gifted-Talented-Update.com - May 2010

‘Listening to ‘people like us’’ – SecEd – 27 May 2010

March 2010

‘#loveHE: A big step into the grown-up world’ – Times Higher Education – 11 March 2010

February 2010

‘Mind the Gap’ – Times Higher Education – 25 February 2010

January 2010

‘Going straight: The ex-convict signing up other prisoners for degrees’ – Independent – 28 January 2010

‘Gap between rich and poor students widens’ – Daily Telegraph – 28 January 2010

‘Plans unveiled to expand mentoring scheme’ – Number10.gov.uk – 17 January 2010

October

‘Inspirational youngsters recognised’ – SecEd – 15 October 2009

‘Mentors make university dreams a reality’ – 24dash.com – 7 October 2009

August

'Students will owe thousands' - BBC Breakfast - 18 August 2009

'Universities must rise to the challenge of disadvantage' - guardian.co.uk - 12 August 2009

July

Appointment news - THE - 30 July 2009

'What sets you apart?' - THE - 23 July 2009

'Equal opportunity is fantasy in any society this unequal' - The Guardian - 21 July 2009

'Pushy parents four times more important than social status in determining child's success, says report' - Daily Mail - 21 July 2009

'Social mobility tsar Alan Milburn to attack Labour for failing disadvantaged pupils ' - Sunday Telegraph - 19 July 2009

'Poor students 'are outnumbered' - BBC Online - 1 July 2009

June

'GCSEs 'put girls on path to beating boys at university'' - Daily Mail - 8 June 2009

'The power of TV, by the minister who owes it all to LA Law' - Independent - 8 June 2009

'Friends in high places' - The Guardian - 6 June 2009

'Who will change our universities? School teachers' - TES - 5 June 2009

'Higher visions' - Daily Mirror - 4 June 2009

May

'Social mobility "falls under Labour"' - Daily Telegraph - 29 May 2009

April

'A little help from a friend' - The Guardian - 28 April 2009

'University of Huddersfield - On board Aimhigher' - THE - 9 April 2009

March

'In brief - Disabled students' - TES - 13 March 2009

'The Interview - 'I have no magic formula'' - TES - 6 March 2009

February

'Mentors help boys stay on' - TES - 6 February 2009

'Half of top universities' students 'from better-off families'' - Independent (online) - 3 February 2009

''Universities don't like common people, do they?'' - The Guardian - 3 February 2009

January

'Early start for Aimhigher' (in response to 'HE ambitions linked to interest in current affairs') - THE - 8 January 2009

'HE ambitions linked to interest in current affairs' - THE - 1 January 2009

'Tailored targeting' (in response to 'Aimhigher's success unevenly distributed') - THE - 1 January 2009