Aim Higher - What’s It All About?
- Synopsis
- University is no longer just for people from wealthy families, as more students now progress to higher education with help from the Aimhigher initiative. Aimhigher provides a range of activities to help widen participation in higher education, particularly for people who come from families where there is no tradition of going into higher education. We hear what Aimhigher means to a variety of young people - from Year 6 pupils getting a taste of university life at the Royal Veterinary College, to a group of Barnsley College students hosting a science fair for Year 10 pupils. (15 minutes)
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2007
- Year of production
- 2007
- Notes
- Broadcast on Teachers TV on 2/11/2007
- Subjects
- Education
- Keywords
- equality of opportunity; higher education; social class
Online availability
- URI
- http://www.teachers.tv/video/23069
- Price
- free
- Delivery
- Streamed/Download
Distributor
- Name
Teachers’ TV
- info@teachers.tv
- Web
- http://www.teachers.tv/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7182 7430
- Address
- 6-18 Berners Street
London
W1T 3LN - Notes
- Funded by the Department for Education, Teachers’ TV was a producer and supplier of over 3,600 free videos and lesson resources to support the professional development of anyone working in school, enabling them to widen their skills, develop their practice, and connect with others in the field. Previously broadcast on digital television, the service became exclusively online from 31 August 2010, with programmes being available for free online viewing or download. Thge DfE terminated the contract with Teachers TV and delivery via the website ceased on 29 April 2011, with the programmes being offered to educational distributors free online delivery. Further details from the DfE website Until 29 April 2011 programmes from Teachers Television were streamed on the website and available for download to registered users (free registration). Programmes are aimed at primary and secondary school teachers in all subject areas, as well as headteachers and governors, and include observation of teaching sessions, materials for use in the classroom and discussion of issues relevant to education. Teachers TV was funded by the Department for Education but the contract ended in April 2011 and the programmes are being offered to educational distributors to deliver free at the point of use from their websites. Details of which titles are available in this way are on the DfE website http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/toolsandinitiatives/teacherstv
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