Aimhigher
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Aimhigher is an umbrella term to describe initiatives aimed at widening participation in UK higher education, particularly among students from non-traditional backgrounds, minority groups and disabled persons.
Aimhigher is initiated by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) working with the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
Aimhigher was created in 2004 through the integration of two earlier initiatives, Partnerships for Progression (P4P) and Excellence Challenge, bringing together a wide range of partners, including universities, colleges, schools, training providers and the Connexions service. It is currently funded through to the end of July 2008.
The Aimhigher student portal website [link: http://www.aimhigher.ac.uk/] contains information for those people thinking about entering higher education in England and the wider UK and aims to bring together necessary information from which prospective students can make decisions about institutions and courses, and financial matters.
The site also aims to promote the widening participation initiative in UK higher education.
The site is created and managed by HERO Ltd, who produce the Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the UK (HERO) [link: http://www.hero.ac.uk/] website.
