Date of conference: 19 May 2021 Location: Zoom Virtual Meeting Time: 9:30am – 4:15pm Are you ready to expand your knowledge about what works in widening participation within higher education and why? Join our very own Impact and Evaluation Conference where we will share, consolidate and reflect on our collective local evidence base. This incorporates the work […]

Go Higher West Yorkshire has worked with C&K Careers to explore the impact of Covid 19 on the delivery of Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG). The research, which was funded as part of the OfS Uni Connect programme, also considered how things might look in the 2020-21 academic year. The research, undertaken in […]

What’s was HE Week? In West Yorkshire we’re really lucky – we have 13 Higher Education (HE) institutions right on our doorstep. These include three specialists (a college, a university, and a conservatoire), three University Centres, and a Russell Group university, along with six other top places you can study! There really is something for […]

At GHWY, we are aware that – as well as the considerable effort of supporting current students and staff – our HE provider partners are working hard to ensure fairness and clarity for all applicants. We understand that the current circumstances may present uncertainty: we have therefore developed this Covid-19 web page to provide you […]

In accordance with recent government advice, Go Higher West Yorkshire has decided that our physical events and activities scheduled to take place between now and the end of May will be postponed or delivery moved online where possible. We are looking into alternative methods of achieving activity outcomes, more details will be published when they […]

With the deadline for UCAS applications recently closed, Max Clayton – a Year 13 student at New College, Pontefract – has been inspired to apply for engineering courses at university as a result of taking part in a national initiative. The ‘Fast Trackers’ project was led by Network Rail and Mott Macdonald and ran from […]

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Employers, educators and policymakers need to collaborate more closely to address skills needs, according to a new Universities UK report.   In order to meet the rapid pace of change driven by factors such as technological advances it will be necessary for them to adopt more flexible partnerships, different modes of delivery, quicker responses, and […]

Partners are gearing up to deliver an increased number of degree apprenticeships across our region. This has been made possible through the highly innovative and fruitful ‘Driving Social Mobility through Degree Apprenticeships’ project. The Go Higher West Yorkshire collaborative project, led by Leeds Trinity University, was funded from autumn 2017 to spring 2018 through HEFCE’s […]

Go Higher West Yorkshire’s partners are well prepared to support the growth of a skilled workforce to Channel 4, which recently announced it will be opening its new national HQ in Leeds. The broadcaster will create 300 jobs in the city and will move around 200 of its existing staff to the region. This will […]

We are delighted to officially welcome our new partner, Leeds College of Music, to Go Higher West Yorkshire. As a leading conservatoire with a strong history of partnership working and commitment to widening participation, it is an excellent addition to our partnership, further broadening the already impressive range of opportunities open to potential Widening Participation […]