Continuum - Widening Participation

Useful Links

Here we list links to other websites that are related to Widening Participation or Continuum. If you want to suggest a link or if you want your organisation included on the list, please e-mail: Continuum

• Action on Access - an organisation funded by HEFCE and LSC to promote widening participation
• Aimhigher - information for young people and their parents and carers about Higher Education
• CERUK - a database of current or on-going research in education or related disciplines in the UK
• DCSF - the Department for Children, Schools and Families
• DELNI - the Department of Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland
• DIUS - the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, UK
• Durban University of Technology - partners in a British Council / DIUS funded EPA project
• The Education Trust - an independent organisation encouraging diversity in US universities
• ESCalate - the Education Subject Centre, aiming to advance learning and teaching in Education
• European Access Network - a European wide body promoting widening particpation, which links international and national organisations
• European Social Fund - The European Social Fund (ESF) aims to strengthen economic and social cohesion in the European Union, and has funded a large amount of widening participation work
• EUCEN - the European Universities Continuing Education Network work on developing lifelong learning across Europe
• FACE - the Forum for Access and Continuing Education
• Greater Manchester Strategic Alliance - the lifelong learning network for Greater Manchester
• The Greater Merseyside and West Lancashire Lifelong Learning Network - providing information on the work of this LLN
• HEFCE - the Higher Education Funding Council for England
• HEFCE Widening Participation - the widening participation section of HEFCE's website
• Higher Education Policy Institute - HEPI works to create policy informed by research on higher education both in the UK and overseas
• Higher Education Statistics Agency - HESA is a source of statistics on higher education in the UK
• Higher York - the York based lifelong learning network
• Include - Swedish network for HE providers
• Institute of Education, University of Stirling conducts research and provides courses related to widening participation and lifelong learning among other things
• Learning and Skills Council - the LSC controls funding and planning for all Further Education in the country
• Lifelong Learning Networks National Forum - for practitioners working in or with LLNs, providing information and details of forthcoming events
• London Thames Gateway Development Corporation - the LTGDP is the government agency responsible for delivering social and economic growth to the Thames Gateway region
• London Thames Gateway Forum - a community organisation providing people with a voice in the regeneration of the Thames Gateway region
• MOVE - Maximising Opportunities for Vocational Education, the lifelong learning network for the East of England
• NALN - the National Arts Learning Network, the lifelong learning network for the Arts nationally
• National Association for the Development of Education - an American organisation working to widen participation in the American higher education sector
• National Institute of Adult Continuing Education - NIACE is a non-governmental organisation working to advance the interests of adult learners and potential learners
• NIACE in Wales - NIACE Dysgu Cymru works specifically in Wales for issues relating to adult learners there
• Office For Fair Access - OFFA is an independent public body that ensures that there is fair access for all to higher education following the introduction of variable tuition fees
• Progress2Succeed - the website of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Lifelong Learning Network
• SISTER - Swedish Institute for Studies of Education and Research , one of Continuum's partner organisations
• Skills for Sustainable Communities - the lifelong learning network for Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire and Rutland
• South West Aimhigher - gateway for information on widening participation in the South West of England, including a practitioner's website
• SouthWestID - an expanding on-line library of information about South West England
• South West Lifelong Learning Network - SWLLN, the Lifelong Learning Network for the South West of England
• Sussex Learning Network - the lifelong learning network for Sussex
• Sussex Research on Widening Participation - a database of documents on widening participation
• Swedish Agency for Networks and Cooperation in Higher Education - NSHU, which aims to support and promote the development of higher education in Sweden, particularly relating to widening participation
• UCAS - the Universities Central Admissions Service
• Western Vocational Lifelong Learning Network - a lifelong learning network based in the Northern part of the Southwest of England

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