Community Engagement and Widening Participation – How Universities and Libraries Reach Out To Marginalised Groups [Event Ref. TG2/WID]

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The demographics of UK students have significantly changed in the last decade, especially in terms of students from disadvantaged backgrounds where numbers have increased by 42%. Universities have increased their efforts in widening participation, removing barriers that would traditionally have deterred some prospective students.

In this event, we discover who today’s students are and how this changed over recent years. We will discover which groups are under-represented and what needs to be done to make universities more inclusive. We will also find out about good practice taking place across the Higher Education sector, with some inspirational stories of widening participation.

Programme:

13.00-13.30        

Registration and Welcome

13.30-14.10

Niaomi Collett, Deputy Director of Widening Participation, Kings College London

Tom  Claydon, Library Liaison Manager, Kings College London

14.10-14.50

Bernard Scaife, Librarian at UCL Institute of Education and Co-Leader on the KPA for Communication, Open Access and Outreach, UCL

14.50-15.05        

Break

15.05-15.45        

Kirsty Wadsley, Head of Widening Participation, London School of Economics

15.45-16.05        

Reflection and Feedback

16.05-16.15        

Summary and Close

Venue: Hardy Room, De Morgan House, 57-58 Russell Square, London, WC1B 4HS

Cost: £80.00 members and £120.00 for other institutions.

Cancellations less than one week before the event will be charged a 50% cancellation fee. In the event of a ‘no-show’ on the day, the full fee will be charged.

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