Working with parents and carers to widen access to higher education
NEON Summit
Date
30/03/2022
Time
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
We all know the impact of parental and carer influence on future career decisions, particularly for those who come disadvantaged backgrounds, who are more likely to rely on ‘informal’ information, advice and guidance than their more advantaged peers. Widening access practitioners therefore have to find ways of engaging with the parents who, like their children, are not likely to have had previous experience of higher education.
This is the first NEON Summit to specifically look at the importance of parental/carer engagement to widen access to higher education. It will bring together policy makers, researchers and practitioners to discuss the evidence and impact of parental engagement and look at various strategies that are currently being used to embed parental engagement within widening access work.
Agenda
| Time | Session title | Speaker |
| 10:00 | Introduction | Sir Les Ebdon, Chair of NEON |
| 10:10 | Keynote Speaker | Martin Webster, Operational Consultant, NEON |
| 10:40 | Keynote Speaker | The power of parents to improve educational outcomes John Jolly, Chief Executive, Parentkind |
| 11:10 | BREAK | |
| 11:30 | Featured project | ‘Hepp’s parent / carer pilot – a collaborative project’s success story’ Kelly Self, Project Co-ordinator and Designated Safeguarding Lead, and Amy Blenkiron, Senior Higher Education Progression Adviser, Higher Education Progression Partnership |
| 12:00 | LUNCH | |
| 14:00 | Featured project | Jessica Woodsford, Founder & Co-Director, Inclusive Futures ‘Loughborough University’s Parents and Guardians Inspiring Minds’ Anna Milewska, Senior Outreach Officer, Loughborough University |
| 15:00 | BREAK | |
| 15:10 | Panel discussion | Christine Kinnear, CEO and founder, With Insight Dr Sam Baars, Deputy CEO, The Centre for Education and Youth Fay Lofty, Schools Liaison Programme Manager, Sussex Learning Network Jon Datta, Deputy Head of Widening Participation, University of Cambridge |
| 15:50 | Closing remarks |
Date: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Time: 10am start until 4pm
Location: This event is taking place online
Price:
Membership organisation rate: £99
Non-member organisation rate: £159
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