Aimhigher: Higher Education and Employment

Encouraging and enabling more young people from Barking and Dagenham to access Higher Education.

The forward-looking Aimhigher Programme helps to open doors and raise aspirations, supporting students to find the right pathway.

Key events include:

• Professions Mornings for Years 8 and 9 expose younger students to the breadth of employment and study opportunities available across sectors including healthcare, STEM, creative and cultural industries, and higher and degree apprenticeships.
• Pathways sessions give Year 12 students practical information on university applications, courses and study models, and related career progression pathways. Covering a broad range of professions aligned with the demands of the current and future labour markets, including Pathways to: engineering, digital and robotics, law, medicine, media and marketing, nursing and midwifery, teaching, psychology, pathways to Oxbridge and pathways to higher and degree apprenticeships.
• Pathways to Media and Marketing NEW for 2020
• Pathways to Digital and Robotics NEW for 2020
• Aimhigher Coordinators meetings bring school staff and university outreach teams face-to-face to network, collaborate and share ideas, developments and best practice.