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Higher Ambitions – 1st August 2006 - 31st July 2008

Higher Ambitions is funded through Aimhigher North Yorkshire and aims to increase and widen participation in Higher Education by ensuring young people’s decisions are based on sound assessment of their own abilities and of the range of opportunities available.

The primary aim of Higher Ambitions is to take good practice and lessons learnt from the 2004-2006 project, in order to continue our work with schools and their students in low progression areas across Scarborough and the North Yorkshire Coast, Selby and Skipton. This will be achieved through a multi-agency approach focusing delivery on schools within these low progression areas. The result is a programme of exciting, innovative and customised activity delivered by an established and committed partnership and co-ordinated by an experienced and proven Project Manager.

Higher Ambitions challenges perceptions held about Further and Higher Education whilst promoting benefits with regard to personal development and employment opportunities. In order to achieve this, a two tier programme of delivery has been designed and will be delivered in 12 school’s across North Yorkshire: Settle, Aireville, Upper Wharfedale, South Craven Barlby, Brayton, Selby High, Pindar, Filey, Graham, Whitby and Raincliffe.

Higher Ambitions is led by Guidance Services Ltd and delivered by a consortium consisting of: Connexions York and North Yorkshire, University of York, York St. John University College, Askham Bryan College, Yorkshire Coast College, Selby College, Craven College, NYBEP, Relate,
and the National Centre for Early Music.

Want to know more? Then please contact:

Pam Wilson
Higher Ambitions Project Manager
The Connexions Centre York
Merchant House
11a Piccadilly
York
YO1 9WB

Tel:01904 656655

pam.wilson@vtplc.com

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