Evaluation of Aimhigher: Excellence Challenge. Interim Report 2005

Sarah Golden, Marian Morris

23 November 2005

This summary is based on the interim report for the evaluation of Aimhigher: Excellence Challenge, and draws on the analyses, to date, of the data from:

• The first two years (2001/02 and 2002/03) of longitudinal surveys of young people
• Annual surveys of management teams, teachers and tutors in schools and further education institutions (2001/02, 2002/03 and 2003/04)
• Annual surveys of higher education providers (2001/02, 2002/03 and 2003/04)
• Surveys of young people eligible for Opportunity Bursaries
• Annual interviews with 42 Aimhigher: Excellence Challenge partnership coordinators (2001/02, 2002/03 and 2003/04)
• Area-based studies of ten selected partnerships and the higher education institutions linked to them.