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Impact Report forthe Sutton Trust1998-2010

Front Cover: Students from the English, American and Film Studies Strand,Sutton Trust Summer School 2009ForewordIntroductionProgramme designParticipants’ viewsParticipants look backImpact and success: facts and figures about participantsLord Dearing Award: recognising Summer School achievementsViews of University of Nottingham staffStaff case studiesThe Sutton Trust: a catalyst for change at The University of NottinghamMaking progress: but there is more to doAppendix: Management of the Summer School Programmes23468131415161819201

Foreword: Thanks from the Vice-ChancellorI am delighted to introduce this report on the impact of funding from the Sutton Trustin supporting The University of Nottingham’s commitment to widening participation.Having taught on a Sutton Trust Summer school myself, I have seen their value andimpact at first hand.The Sutton Trust and The University of Nottingham have worked together successfully since1998 on the Sutton Trust Summer Schools and, more recently, on the Academic EnrichmentProgramme. Today these are our single most productive programmes in terms of resultingenrolments of under-represented students. To date, 1,268 young people have benefited fromSummer Schools at Nottingham. Of these, we have been delighted subsequently to welcome180 as undergraduates. We estimate that several hundred more have progressed successfullyto other research-led universities.The Sutton Trust Summer School Programme and Academic Enrichment Programme are asignificant part of our University’s strategy to increase its intake of high achieving studentsfrom disadvantaged backgrounds. We also see these programmes as part of our widercontribution to the lives of these young people, to improving their chances of reachingtheir full potential. I am proud that so many of the University’s academic staff contributegenerously to Summer Schools – and that many of them return, year after year, to participate.This is testament to both the value of the programmes and the commitment they engenderin our staff.IntroductionThe Sutton Trust launched the Sutton Trust Summer School Programme at the University ofNottingham in 1998, a year after the Programme started at the University of Oxford. Sincethen, nearly 1,000 young people from under-represented backgrounds have participated inthe Sutton Trust Summer School Programme at The University of Nottingham. More recently,nearly 300 young people have participated in the Academic Enrichment Programme, fundedjointly by the Sutton Trust and the Goldman Sachs Foundation. Through academic sessions,personal development sessions and social activities, participants in both Programmes explorethe university experience in depth and develop the skills to progress to the country’s leadinguniversities. On average 17% of participants have subsequently enrolled at the Universityof Nottingham and many more have gone on to other Russell Group universities.These are the bare facts. This report aims to present a fuller picture of the Programmes andof their wider effect on the lives of the young people involved, on the University itself andon the relationship between the University and local schools and colleges.I am very grateful to Sir Peter Lampl and the Sutton Trust for introducing Summer Schools toThe University of Nottingham. This was the catalyst for our broader widening participationprogramme. I would also like to thank the Trust most warmly for its generous financial supportover the years. I hope that this report helps to illustrate the impact of the Trust’s foresightand generosity.Professor David GreenawayVice-Chancellor, University of NottinghamProfessor Greenaway presents the Summer School Team with a Dearing Award in 200823

Programme designThe academic sessions aim toinspire the participants abouta subject and reflect material,activities and approaches usedin undergraduate study.A student on the Mathematical Routesstrand, Sutton Trust Summer School 2009Non-academic sessionsGroup projectsPost-Summer School supportThe non-academic activities are carefullyselected and scheduled to stimulate andchallenge students over the course of theweek. The Cultural Evening (languageclasses, cultural activities and foreign films)promotes the acquisition of new skills andhighlights the international opportunitiesoffered by universities and particularlyNottingham. The Students’ Union afternoon,led by Student Ambassadors involved inJunior Common Rooms and StudentCommunity Action, builds teamwork andleadership skills and increases awarenessof volunteering and other opportunities.Activities such as circus skills, drummingand salsa dancing, some of which are ledby Ambassadors, help build confidence totry new activities and work in both smalland large groups.Combining the academic and nonacademic aspects of the Summer Schoolis the group project. Each tutor groupmust demonstrate what it has gainedfrom the programme. Groups may do thisby delivering a presentation or creating awebsite, podcast or news report. The taskrequires participants to divide up tasksand allocate roles. Since participants donot know one another at the beginningof the Summer School, many of themfind the group project very challenging.Successful completion is rewarding andincreases their confidence.The Sutton Trust Summer School atThe University of Nottingham is followedby e-mentoring, revision resources anda reunion event in spring. The AcademicEnrichment Programme also offers theseactivities and augments them withadditional face-to-face activities, madepracticable by the Programme’s regionalfocus. Our Summer School graduatesautomatically receive an additional bursaryof 1,000 per year if they enrol atNottingham. This is on top of any otherbursaries, so a typical Summer Schoolstudent is likely to receive at least 2,000a year from the University plus theGovernment grant. Summer School bursariesfor all our Summer School graduates atNottingham amount to 630,000.Academic sessionsParticipants follow one academic strandfor the week. Each academic strand includesseveral broadly related subject areas, forexample English is combined with Americanand Film Studies, and Veterinary Medicinewith Biosciences, so that participantsexperience a range of HE study optionsfor their particular qualifications. Theacademic sessions aim to inspire theparticipants about a subject and reflectmaterial, activities and approaches usedin undergraduate study. Sessions usuallyinclude lectures, seminars, practical orlaboratory activities and group work.For example, the Medicine and HealthSciences strand includes a morning onthe Children’s Ward led by a doctor andnurse (in order to give two perspectivesof the same patients), a morning in thephysiotherapy labs at City Hospitalperforming gait analysis and leg muscletesting, as well as practicals in suturingand in interviewing patients. The Lawand Politics strand includes lectures andseminars on topics such as the ‘Law ofmurder’, as well as debates and researchactivities on subjects such as ‘Improvingvoter engagement’. Academic sessionsare organised and delivered by academiccolleagues in participating Schools andDepartments. Some lab sessions aresupported by postgraduate students.Summer School Student Ambassadorsattend all sessions to manage the groupand facilitate group work and discussion.We have designed the Summer Schoolprogrammes to present a balanced viewof university life and facilitate personaldevelopment. A typical day includes: Academic sessions 9.30am – 1.00pm Non-academic HE-related sessions(for example on careers) in the afternoon Personal development activities(for example foreign films and salsadancing) in the evening.There are also daily tutor group sessionsin which participants reflect on theirexperiences and work on a group project.Participants during training in e-mentoring,Sutton Trust Summer School 200945

Participants’ viewsWidening participation staff routinely seekfeedback on various aspects of SummerSchools from participants. This is carriedout via informal methods (such as emailsand conversations), as well as formalevaluation forms and the reflective diarieseach participant is required to keep.Participants’ feedback is consistently high,with words such as ‘amazing’ and ‘awesome’appearing frequently! Many participantscomment that academic sessions help toconfirm what they would like to pursueas a degree course. They appreciate thebroader support provided and recognisethe overall increase in their confidenceand change in their attitudes. The followingstatements are a representative selection.“Keep doing it – it has made me try towork harder so I can finally go to uni.”“I think the best insight to university life wasthe chance to speak to the Ambassadors,you can’t really get as much perspectivefrom reading prospectuses, it kind of bringsit to life!”“I certainly still want to do Geography andI think the session made me want to studyit even more and even apply to Nottingham.I love how diverse the subject is.”“The best thing was meeting other peoplelike me with the same future goals. I nevercould have imagined meeting people thatall shared similar interests and sensesof humour.”“It was a fabulous week. I’ve learntso much! The academic sessionswere interesting, before theSummer School I didn’t evenknow what computer scienceand engineering were!”“The Summer School opened myeyes to all the opportunities.”Students on the Medicine and Health SciencesStrand, Sutton Trust Summer School 20096“I think Nottingham has givenme that driving force to want todo better.”Students on the Mathematical Routes strand,Sutton Trust Summer School 20097

Participants look back“Without having taken part in the SuttonTrust Summer School it is highly doubtfulI would have applied to University.“LILITH DONOVAN – History 2009After attending the Sutton TrustSummer School in 2004, Lilithenrolled to study History atNottingham in 2006, graduatingin 2009 with a 2:1. Lilith iscurrently completing herteacher training at theUniversity of Cambridge.“In the Spring of 2004 I was lucky enoughto be successful in my application for theSutton Trust Summer School at theUniversity of Nottingham. I initially appliedbecause I wanted to find out what it wouldbe like to study History at degree level.Having researched the programme andhaving found out it was completely costfree and meant I would meet students fromacross the country while attending tasterlessons, I jumped at the chance.Before Summer School began I hopedto find out more about university life andliving away from home, as well as about8the academic side of being at university.By the end of Summer School I hadexperienced a week of History classes,top tips for finances and UCAS forms andlived with 100 other people. To say thishelped me to make a decision on whetheror not I would go to university is a vastunderstatement; it effectively ensured thatI would. It highlighted to me that Historywas the subject for me and living awayfrom home with like-minded people wasthe way to go. Summer School highlightedto me what a brilliant university Nottinghamis, both academically and socially.Having current Student Ambassadorsto support me pastorally made me feelat ease and it was easy to ask questionsabout anything. More than anything,Summer School was fun.Without having taken part in the SuttonTrust Summer School it is highly doubtfulI would have applied to university, andexperience exceeded all of my expectations;not only did I leave with the knowledge andinsight I had hoped to gain, I also made somegreat friends and had such fun! Even as agenerally quiet and shy individual, I reallyfelt that I came out of my shell during the“Having always wanted to be a Vet, university week and left with the confidence to startwas the natural progression for me afteruniversity for real without any worries!A levels. However, as the first in my family toThe Summer School also confirmed that Vetconsider university and the first in my schoolMedicine was the right course for me andto apply to Vet School, I felt confused andthat Nottingham was certainly my topdaunted by the whole prospect.choice. Having experienced first-hand livingConsequently, when I heard about theat university and studying my chosen course,Sutton Trust Summer School which offersI had more drive than ever to achieve thosea free ‘try before you buy’ experience ofgrades and make sure that I succeeded!university and advice on everything fromThrough the Summer School, I also gainedUCAS to loans, I jumped at the opportunityan impressive addition to my CV and contactsto attend. I can honestly say that thethat were of invaluable assistance with myUCAS application.Louise attended the Sutton TrustSummer School in 2006. She iscurrently in her third year ofVeterinary Medicine and Scienceat The University of Nottingham.It is my genuine belief in the programme’sability to prepare students for highereducation and in the first-hand experiencethat have inspired me to work as a StudentAmbassador for the Summer Schools everyyear since I started university.I hope that I can help other students to haveas great a week as I did and really make themost of this fantastic opportunity that theSutton Trust offers.To sum up the Summer School experience,I would simply ask what better way there isto find out everything you could need toknow about university than a free, oneweek taster of all aspects of university life?”if I had I am certain I would have livedat home for financial considerations.The experience taught me that universityis about a whole experience which allowsyou to grow into an independent person.I believe that being accepted onto SummerSchool gave me the opportunity to be ableto attend university, and therefore go onto be where I am today. It was not only abrilliant week to be remembered, but alsosomething that helped shape my future.”“The Summer School also confirmed that VetMedicine was the right course for me and thatNottingham was certainly my top choice.”LOUISE RICHARDSON – Veterinary Medicine and Science Student9

Participants look backAfter attending the Sutton TrustSummer School in 2007, Elormenrolled in Politics at TheUniversity of Nottingham.He is now in his second year.“I attended the Summer School in 2007 andit was a great experience. Back home whereI grew up, people (including myself!) werea bit sceptical about attending such things.In year 12, I had heard a lot about Universityand I was sure I wanted to go, but I hadno clue what to expect. I thought goingto a Summer School, just over a year beforeI planned to enrol as an undergraduate,would give me the valuable experience I“The Sutton Trust was invaluableto me by confirming that universitywas the correct direction for me.It helped to set me up for the ‘bigwide world.’”needed. I hoped I would get a clearer pictureof what university life would be like. By theend of the week I knew what a universitycampus looked like, I got a taster of howseminars were held, and got to learn aboutthe social aspect of university.I thought the programme was excellent.I must say, I loved the fact that I came onthe Summer School knowing nobody, butby the end of the week, we all knew eachother’s names!I was on the Law and Politics strand of theSummer School. And at this stage in my lifeI was very much certain that I was goingto read a Law degree. However, learninghow politics was taught at degree levelchanged my mind very much. By the endof the week I knew I wanted to study politics,and although it sounds a cliché, it is probablyone of the best decisions I’ve made in my life.The Summer School also offered me detailedhelp on finance and accommodation.Of course this advice is available in manyplaces, but the fact that I got first-handadvice from actual students provedindispensable.The Summer School experience is anopportunity that anyone should snatchwith both hands.”THOMAS WOOD – Biochemistry 2008Thomas attended the SuttonTrust Summer School in 2004.He enrolled in Biochemistry atNottingham and graduated witha 1st in 2008. Tom is currentlyworking as a Financial Analystfor Citi Group.“My initial reason for applying to theSutton Trust Summer School Programmeat Nottingham was that I didn’t reallyhave any insight into what university waslike and whether it was the correct routefor me to follow. As a result I felt the bestway to try and work this out, was to goand experience as close to the real thingas possible. What better way to do thisthan spending a week there? There wasa balance of academic sessions, career/application enhancement and socialsessions/time. At the time I was veryunsure as to whether I would fit intothe social scene at university.I feel now looking back on the SummerSchool, that I definitely achieved my aims,and there were no questions left in my mind10once I returned. It had completely confirmedto me that university was the correctand best route for me.The programme was great fun, both fromthe academic side learning new things,carrying out investigations with equipmentyour school never had and the social sideof meeting people, having fun and doingweird things you had never thought abouttrying before (circus skills comes to mind!)I guess the thing that has ultimately stayedwith me from the programme was the friendsI made.Five years on and despite graduating,I am still in contact with a number of myfellow participants/students and meet upwith them on a regular basis. I believe thisalso helped when starting at Nottingham,as I already knew a couple of people fromthe program who were starting at the sametime, which helped us settle in more quickly.After having such an enjoyable time atNottingham and spending a week there,it was easy to pick my first choice university,predominately influenced both by havinga great time and also enjoying thesurroundings, but most importantly feelingcomfortable there. Whilst studying atNottingham the Sutton Trust has helpedme in several ways, the obvious one beingthe financial support through grants,which is always welcome at University!Perhaps more importantly, the programhelped me develop more confidence (havinglived there before it was nice to know wherethings were and what to expect) and feelwelcome at university, but it has also helpedme in other more indirect ways. It mademe aware of the Student Ambassadorscheme, which allowed me to develop asa person, expand my friendship basis againand also complete the circle and help out onthe Summer School, alongside other peoplewho had been previous participants with me.“I attended the Summer Schoolin 2007 and it was a greatexperience. Back home whereI grew up, people (includingmyself!) were a bit scepticalabout attending such things.”ELORM HALIGAH – Politics StudentThe Sutton Trust was invaluable to me byconfirming that university was the correctdirection for me. It helped me feel morecomfortable and as a result expand as aperson, helping to set me up for the ‘bigwide world’, while meeting brilliant peopleon the way.”11

Participants look backImpact and success: facts and figures about participantsThe comments above attestto the enthusiasm with whichyoung people participate inthe programmes funded by theSutton Trust and to the impacton their attitudes. To what extentdo their experiences influencetheir subsequent choices andbehaviour?UCAS data for the 2007 cohort (data formore recent cohorts are not yet available)indicate that Sutton Trust SummerSchools at the University of Nottinghamare meeting their principal aim ofencouraging bright students from underrepresented backgrounds to progress toleading universities.“After my week at NottinghamUniversity, my horizons hadbeen blown wide open.”STEPHANIE HANNABUS – Nursing 2009and Medicine StudentStephanie attended the SuttonTrust Summer School in 2004.She enrolled on the Masters ofNursing at Nottingham in 2005and graduated in 2009 with a 2:1.Currently a nurse at the Queen’sMedical Centre in Nottingham,Stephanie will return to t

The Sutton Trust launched the Sutton Trust Summer School Programme at the University of Nottingham in 1998, a year after the Programme started at the University of Oxford. Since then, nearly 1,000 young people from under-represented backgrounds have participated in the Sutton Trust Summer School Programme at The University of Nottingham. More .

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