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Widening Participation: Reach Out and Inspire Impact Report 2: April
2014
Content of this report:
Widening Participation: Reach Out and Inspire Impact Report 2: April 2014..................................................................................1
Content of this report: ...........................................................................................................................................................1
Executive Summary:...................................................................................................................................................................1
Introduction:..............................................................................................................................................................................2
Purpose of this document......................................................................................................................................................2
1.0 Student – led Widening Participation Activity:.....................................................................................................................2
1.2 Activity Group School and College Partnerships...............................................................................................................7
1.3 Widening Participation Activity Group Funding................................................................................................................8
1.4 New Activity Group Widening Participation Proposals:....................................................................................................8
1.5 Activity Group Evaluation:................................................................................................................................................9
2.0 The Widening Participation coordinator Role at KCLSU:....................................................................................................10
2 .1 Website:.........................................................................................................................................................................11
2.2 Website Impact – Viewing Statistics:..............................................................................................................................11
2.3 Community and External Partnerships:...........................................................................................................................12
2.4 Volunteering Opportunities:...........................................................................................................................................12
2.5 The Future of External Widening Participation Volunteering Opportunities at KCLSU:..................................................17
2.6 External Partnerships......................................................................................................................................................17
2.7 KCLSU Mission and Vision for Widening Participation.
.............................................................................................................................................................................................18
2.8 KCLSU’s Widening Participation Vision Statement:.......................................................................................................23
2.9 The Widening Participation Fund....................................................................................................................................23
Appendices:.............................................................................................................................................................................26
Executive Summary:
In accordance with the King’s College London OFFA Agreement of 2014-2015, the King’s College London
Widening Participation Department fund a Widening Participation Coordinator role within King’s College
London Student’s Union (KCLSU). KCLSU and the KCL Widening Participation Department work in
partnership to coordinate and support student-led widening participation activity. This report provides a
summary of the progress made in supporting student-led outreach initiatives and advances made in WP
within KCLSU as an organisation. KCLSU currently supports 9 student groups to deliver widening
participation projects; involving approximately 300 King’s students, 35 London Schools, and

approximately 1,000 young people between the ages of 8-21. Furthermore, with the ever increasing focus
on student-led outreach at both a local and national level, the King’s College London Widening
Participation Department have generously donated a £3,000 Widening Participation Fund to exclusively
support student-led widening participation initiatives – this will make a considerable financial difference
to those student groups delivering projects in the local community. Finally, this document considers the
progress that has been made by KCLSU, as an organisation, in the development of raising the awareness
of Widening Participation within the student body; including recent statistics on the use of the WP section
of the KCLSU website, improvements to the KCLSU WP ethos, advances in incorporating external WP
volunteering opportunities into the KCLSU WP communication plan, and documenting the operations put
in place to achieve the KCLSU WP Mission Statement.
Introduction:
Purpose of this document
This document is a summary of the progress made within Widening Participation (WP) by KCLSU in the
second academic term of 2013-2014; January 2014- April 2014. This document will provide an audit of
current Widening Participation Activity delivered by ratified student groups, and report on the evaluation
of this activity for those student groups who have adopted the KCLSU evaluation Outreach Toolkit. This
report will also consider the progress which has been made in raising the awareness and understanding of
Widening Participation with the student community and will document a number of achievements made
in developing partnerships with external charities to offer KCL students more opportunities to widen
participation in the Local London Community.
1.0 Student – led Widening Participation Activity:
Introduction
A student group is defined by KCLSU as delivering a Widening Participation Project if:
• Their activity is targeted towards underrepresented schools/individuals in the community.
• An aim of the activity is to inspire young students to pursue their educational/career aspirations or
to raise levels of aspiration within young people to whom higher education is not a not a natural
next step.
• The activity identifies and reduces specific barriers to higher education which the target group
faces.
From current research within the Student’s Union, there are 9 key student groups delivering widening
participation projects in London and Greater London communities. In December 2013 there were 7 groups
leading on this initiative; this demonstrates the increase of awareness and understanding of widening
participation within the student body and the passion to create change in widening access at King’s. All of
these projects share the ethos of the King’s Widening Participation mission – addressing the same aims
and target groups.
For a brief description of the projects delivered by KCLSU student groups please refer to section 1.1. For a
more comprehensive audit of the current activity that has been conducted by student groups since
January 2014, refer to Table 1 – this information has been collected via information provided by project
group leaders using the recording document as seen in Appendix 1.
For a more detailed description of the projects referred to in Table 1 please refer to the profiles listed in
Appendix 2.

1.1 Student – led Widening Participation Activities – A summary:
Anatomy Society:
KCL anatomy society have developed and coordinated their new Outreach Project since the planning as
presented in Impact Report 1. The project aims to provide sixth form/college students with a taste of
medical or health sciences and aid them in their decision making process when applying to university.
Bangladesh Society:
Bangladesh Society hold two Widening Participation events; a small mentoring programme and an
introduction to university taster day for primary aged children.
Feminist Society:
Feminist Society run the KCL London Feminist Club. Members of the society deliver talks to ages 11-18 on
the basics of feminism, dispelling myths surrounding the movement, and encourage pupils to set up their
own feminist organizations. The groups raise awareness of women’s rights in general terms with a
particular focus on women within education.
History Outreach Programme:
The History Outreach Programme is a mentoring programme for post 16 students. The Project also hosts
activity days and library events at the Strand campus and the Maughn Library which introduce pupils to
university life.
ProBono:
ProBono Society coordinates two Widening Participation Projects within the local London Community:
Legal Outreach and a one-to-one mentoring programme to support student wishing to pursue a degree in
Law.
SHINE Mentoring:
SHINE Mentoring operates four mentoring programmes to primary schools in the London Boroughs of
Southwark and Lambeth. SHINE offers both academic and pastoral support to children of inner city
primary schools through the use of university student mentors.
KCL Surgical Society (KCLSS):
KCLSS host ‘Stitch Don’t Stab’ one day workshops across London Schools in partnership with
Students4Syria. For a review of 3 out of the 5 workshops that Surgical Society has delivered please see
Appendix 3.
Team Up:
Team Up provides one-to-one tutoring for secondary aged pupils in English/Maths and Science in local
London Schools.
Refer to Table 1 for a detailed audit of Society Widening Participation Activity

Society Project
Title(s)
Project Focus No. of
Volunteers
Project
Frequency
Age of
participants
involved.
No. of
Participants
involved.
School Partnership(s) School Boroughs
History
Outreach
Programme
Maughn
Library Days
Mentoring
Studying HE
History
25 Fortnightly 17-18
30
- Mossbourne Academy
-Bacon’s College *
- Newvic College *
-Pimlico Academy
- Bethnal Green
Academy,
- Oaklands School
- Evelyn Grace Academy
- Hackney
- Southwark
- Newham
- Kensington and
Chelsea
- Tower Hamlets
- Hounslow
- Brixton
Team Up Rising Leaders
Programme
KS3 – A Level
Maths/English/
Science
70 Every
Monday/
Thursday/
Saturday.
13-18 170
- St Michael's RC
Catholic College
- Rokeby School
- London Nautical
School
- Harris
Bermondsey *
- Lilian Baylis *
- Soutwark
- Newham
- Lambeth
- Southwark
- Lambeth
Table 1 – summary of Student Group Widening Participation Projects. All asterisked institutions are on the KCLWP School Target List.

Society Project
Title(s)
Volunteers
Project
Frequency
Age of
participants
involved.
No. of
Participants
involved.
Bangladesh Mentoring
Project
Schools
Outreach
Getting into
University
Introduction to
University
10
10
½ day
½ day
16-19
8-11 40-60
- Cambridge
Heath Sixth
Form College
- Blue Gate Fields
Primary School.
- Tower Hamlets
- Tower Hamlets
Feminist
Society
KCL London
Feminist Club
Feminist
Movement
awareness (in
education).
7 3 events 16-18 300
- Holland Park
School
- The Charter
School
- St. Saviour’s &
St. Olave’s*
- Mulberry
- Kensington and
Chelsea
- Southwark
- Southbank
- Tower Hamlets
Anatomy
Society
KCL Anatomy
Widening
Participation
Project.
Medical and
Health Subjects.
10 March
13th
/March
19th
2014.
17 -20 40
- Harris Academy*
- Preston Manor
School*
- City of London
Academy
- Harris Academy*
- Prendergast Hill-
Fields College*
- Bacon's College*
- St Dominic’s*
-Peckham
- Brent
-Bermondsey
- Southwark
- Lewisham
- Southwark
- Hackney

Analysis:
In December 2013 7 student groups were delivering Outreach Projects in the local London community; this number has risen to 9 at the end of April 2014.
Furthermore, in December 2013 the student groups documented in Table 1 were working with a total of 7 schools and colleges that are on the Widening
Participation Target school list. In April 2014 this number has risen to 13; this increase is attributed to the coordinated approach now adopted by KCLSU to
direct student groups to add value to the work of the Widening Participation Department by engaging with schools that are not currently involved with
projects led by the WP Department. The number of KCL students involved in the above student-led projects has also significantly risen from approximately
250 to 300; plus the number of young people involved in these initiatives has increased from 530 in December 2014 to approximately 1,000 in April 2014.
Society Project
Title(s)
Volunteers
Project
Frequency
Age of
participants
involved.
No. of
Participants
involved.
SHINE
Mentoring
One-to-one
mentoring.
Maths, Science,
English.
80-100 Weekly 9-11 80-100 - Lambeth
- Southwark
KCL Surgical
Society
‘Stitch Don’t
Stab’
Medicine 15 5 events 14-16 80 - St. Paul’s Way
Trust*
- Tower Hamlets
Afghan
Society in
collaboration
with Surgical
Society
An
Introduction
to University
for students
and parents.
10 One – off
event
16-18 30

1.2 Activity Group School and College Partnerships.
Figure 1 - This map depicts the locations of schools and colleges (as listed in Table 1) which have engaged in
Widening Participation Projects led by the History Outreach Programme, Team up, Bangladesh Society, Surgical
Society, KCL PronBono, Feminist Society, Anatomy Society from January 2014 – April 2014.
Key:
Society No School/college Partners Coloured Marker
History Outreach 7
Team Up 5
Bangladesh Society 2
Surgical Society 1
KCL Probono 9
Feminist Society 4
Anatomy Society 7
Total 35

1.3 Widening Participation Activity Group Funding.
Since January 2013 two funding opportunities have been made available to all Activity Groups.
The Development Fund
The Development Fund is provided by KCLSU. The aim of the fund is to encourage Sports Clubs and
Activity Groups to deliver projects/events and activities that benefit their groups, the local community and
KCLSU as a whole. Student groups are able to apply for a maximum of £500 towards their activities. For
information on the application process and criteria please refer to Appendix 4.
Table 2: Funding Information for Widening Participation Activity Groups from the KCLSU Development
Fund.
Activity Group Funding Purpose Amount Requested Amount Received
Mission Medicine
Refreshments
and materials for
attendees as well
as financial
support for
lecture hall
bookings.
£200 £160
The Student Opportunity Fund:
The Student Opportunity Fund is open to all undergraduate and taught postgraduate students. The Fund
is available to individual students or groups of students to apply for grants of between £100 and £1,000 to
enhance the student academic experience. Grants are awarded by the Student Opportunities and Skills
Sub-committee (chaired by the Vice Principal, Education), which oversees the Fund. Awards are made to
individuals or groups of undergraduate or postgraduate taught students who have innovative projects to
enhance their own educational experience.
Widening Participation Fund:
Thanks to the generosity of the King’s College London Widening Participation Department KCLSU have
secured a £3,000 fund to award student groups to support student-led outreach projects. This fund will be
used to financially support student-led projects which engage young people from underrepresented
backgrounds in high quality, innovative and effective Outreach Projects to support access and transition
into Higher Education. The Widening Participation Fund is open to all King’s students wanting to create
and develop student-led Outreach Projects in the community; this opportunity will be opened in October
2014. For more information regarding this fund refer to section 2.9.
1.4 New Activity Group Widening Participation Proposals:
Future Frontiers is a newly ratified KCLSU student group as of March 5th
2014 following the Student Life
Committee meeting for Academic Term 2.

The aim of this society is to work in collaboration with the charity ‘Future Frontiers’ to bring awareness to
the issues surrounding the strong correlation between social-economic background and success in
school/career, and eradicating this correlation. Future Frontiers has recognised the impact of the
Education Act of 2011 1
which states that from September 2012 schools have a statutory duty to secure
access to independent and impartial careers guidance for pupils in year 8-12 pupils. The Future Frontiers
initiative recognises the detrimental impact of the casement of national career advice providers such as
Connexions and seeks to support colleges and schools in the local London community to establish a clear
careers guidance strategy and to deliver high quality advice to students under Ofsted recommendations.2
The society is in its planning and recruitment stages and will be fully functional from the next academic
year starting in September 2014. The initial planning discussions regarding the main activities of the
society are:
Activity 1: Increase the number of applications to become a coach with the Future Frontiers programme
so that the number of schools in partnership with the charity will expand. This will be done through online
promotions, offering skills sessions to groups, and working with University stakeholders to promote the
programme to students. Increasing the number of applications will result in more coaches being provided
to more students from low socioeconomic backgrounds in London.
Activity 2: Develop Future Frontiers as a professional development programme. This will include the
delivery of employability sessions in order to up-skill our members so that they are not only more
employable after University, but can also make more of an impact when coaching students at schools in
London. This will include employability skills sessions and training from a number of the top 5 graduate
recruiters in the UK.
Activity 3: Organise events across the University to highlight the problem of educational disadvantage in
the UK. This will include debates, panel discussions and action evenings. This will encourage our
members to increase the awareness of the issues within educational disadvantage across students at
Kings.
1.5 Activity Group Evaluation:
In line with the OFFA agreement 2014/2015 3
the Widening Participation Coordinator at KCLSU has
developed a monitoring and evaluation process to record outreach activity delivered by ratified student
groups. The Toolkit 4
consists of:
• An evaluation form to be completed by a teacher/supervisor.
• An evaluation form to be completed by a student experiencing the event.
• An evaluation form to be completed by a student delivering the event.
• An evaluation guide to aid the use of these evaluation tools.
• A qualitative feedback postcard.
1
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/21/contents/enacted
2
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/238791/Careers_Guidance_Action_Plan.pdf
3
http://www.offa.org.uk/agreements/KCL_NSP_revised_merged.pdf
4
http://www.kclsu.org/volunteering/wideningparticipation/resources/

Student groups are actively encouraged by KCLSU to employ The Toolkit – each student group delivering
an Outreach Project has been invited to a one-to-one session to learn about The Toolkit and how to
employ this effectively to measure the impact their outreach project has on the communities they engage
with.
The Widening Participation Coordinator has created a summary document (see Appendix 5) to present
the results of evaluation of student group Outreach events; this condenses complex statistical results into
a tailored format according to the objectives designed by the society for the project. Thus, student groups
receive user-friendly feedback as to the success of their project in relation to the project aims they have
set – this allows for reflection, development and improvement of the project.
The Anatomy Society is the first student group to employ this evaluation technique to monitor the
efficacy of their newly developed outreach project. Anatomy society employed the evaluation toolkit to
measure the success of their pilot workshops: ‘A Presentation of Cardiovascular Disease’ and ‘Clinical
Anatomy Workshop and an Interventional Radiology Session’. For a summary of the responses obtained
from the students they engaged with refer to Appendix 6 and 7.
2.0 The Widening Participation coordinator Role at KCLSU:
In line with the King’s College London OFFA agreement of 2014-20155
, the King’s college London
Widening Participation Department has continued to fund a part-time Widening Participation Coordinator
role within KCLSU. The purpose of this role is to: raise awareness of Widening Participation within the
student body, support and advise student groups in establishing and delivering coordinated outreach
5
http://www.offa.org.uk/agreements/KCL_NSP_revised_merged.pdf

activities in the community, as well as develop evaluation processes to monitor the effectiveness of these
projects.
2 .1 Website:
Since November 2013 KCLSU has had a Widening Participation section featured on the KCLSU website6
;
this section currently sits under the ‘Volunteering’ area. There are a number of pages covering: the
definition and aims of Widening Participation, the History of Widening Accessing, advice on designing and
implementing an Outreach Activity, case studies of current projects, and access to resources to support
evaluation. The pages are updated by the Widening Participation Coordinator to feature current news
articles relating to social mobility and increasing fair access to higher education to ensure KCL students
are aware of the national and local issues surrounding Widening Participation.
2.2 Website Impact – Viewing Statistics:
Since 1st
January 2014 the Widening Participation Coordinator has worked closely with the KCLSU
Marketing Department to monitor the awareness and understanding of Widening Participation within the
student body (and beyond) by regularly monitoring the viewing statistics of these pages; the break down
can be seen in Table 4.
Table 4: Widening Participation webpage viewing statistics since 1st
January 2014.
Webpage Title Number of Views
Widening Participation Landing Page 200
Get Involved 59
Resources 60
Student Stories 39
History 14
Our Vision 9
The landing page has a 52% Bounce Rate, meaning 52% of viewers leave the page without interacting
with it, while 48% click through to other pages to obtain more information.
The webpage entitled ‘Our Vision7
’ is a new addition to the webpage series (April 2014) and details
KCLSU’s Mission and Vision Statement for WP to demonstrate our dedication to being a Champion
Student Union for student-led Widening Participation.
To increase viewing and engagement statistics with the widening participation section of the KCLSU
website over the next and subsequent academic terms, the Widening Participation Coordinator will:
• Increase the number of student stories on the page, including pictures and student interviews to
make the webpages more engaging.
• Encourage student groups delivering outreach projects to use the KCLSU website to locate
resources via President and Treasure Training promotion.
6
http://www.kclsu.org/volunteering/wideningparticipation/resources/
7
http://www.kclsu.org/volunteering/wideningparticipation/vision/

• Organise events, such as training opportunities, which are related to outreach activity to give
widening participation a greater presence on the website.
• Continue to share current national coverage of WP related topics featuring in the news.
2.3 Community and External Partnerships:
Since September 2013, KCLSU has developed a number of community partnerships to raise awareness of
WP within the student body – for a comprehensive list please refer to Table 5 (below) to view the
volunteering opportunities KCLSU are currently advertising..
2.4 Volunteering Opportunities:
KCLSU are committed to connecting students with social enterprises and charities in need of volunteers
to deliver their widening participation work. In December 2013 KCLSU were advertising five volunteering
opportunities on the KCLSU website with a widening participation focus; this number has expanded
significantly. Since January 2014 KCLSU has developed its external volunteering program so that we now
offer both short term and long term commitment opportunities – the evidence base for this development
was borne out of recent research conducted by Fiona Ellison and Helen Kerr entitled ‘The Student
Volunteering Landscape’ (2014).8
This research focused on understanding current volunteering trends
within the student body on a national scale, providing guidance on where student union’s need to invest in
student volunteering in the future. Two key results relevant to this report were:
1. More than half of students involved in this research (56%) would prefer to volunteer for a school or
educational charity/organisation.
2. A third of students said they would like to see more one-off opportunities to encourage them to
make longer term volunteering commitments in the future.
In the interest of the above findings, KCLSU have sourced more educational based and one-off
volunteering opportunities. KCLSU are currently advertising 2 short term and 9 long term volunteering
opportunities with an interest in expanding the number of opportunities for students to get involved with
widening participation. In December 2013, KCLSU were advertising a total of 5 volunteering opportunities
with a widening participation focus; the increased number of opportunities documented in April 2014
evidences KCLSU’s commitment to raising the profile of widening participation within the student body.
8
http://s3.amazonaws.com/student-volunteering-week-
production/attachments/resources/pdfs/47/original/The_Student_Volunteering_Landscape.pdf?1392977996

Charity/Social Enterprise Charity Aims & Ethos Role Description Short-term/Long-term
Opportunity
Number of KCL Volunteer.
My Big Career
To provide free one-to-one
career guidance to young
people from disadvantaged
backgrounds and to break
down barriers to social
mobility.
My Big Career have organised a
volunteer support team to help
Year 13 students in Hackney on
Thursday 14th
August receiving
their A Level results. Volunteers
will negotiate Clearing on behalf
of students who failed to
achieve the right grades.
Short Term
Action Tutoring
To tackle educational
disadvantage by making the
benefits of tuition more widely
accessible, to enable more
young people to reach their
full potential, regardless of
background
Volunteers will coordinate a one
off revision day in either English
or Maths and help a small group
of students as they prepare for
their GCSEs at Battersea Park
School and Lambeth Academy.
Short Term 38
Action Tutoring
To tackle educational
disadvantage by making the
benefits of tuition more widely
accessible, to enable more
young people to reach their
full potential, regardless of
background
Volunteers will coordinate a one
off revision day in either English
or Maths and help a small group
of students as they prepare for
their GCSEs at Battersea Park
School and Lambeth Academy.
Long Term 38
Charity/Social Enterprise. Charity Aims & Ethos. Role Description. Short-term/Long-term
Opportunity.
Table 5: Short-term and long-term volunteering opportunities with a widening participation focus currently being advertised to the student body by KCLSU. Where possible, the number of
KCL volunteers involved with each volunteering opportunity is provided.

Future Frontiers
Future Frontiers is a one to one
careers guidance programme
for students at Teach First
secondary schools. The charity
aims to coach students
through a number of career
exploration and discovery
sessions.
Volunteers are paired with
students to explore the
individual’s career aspirations
and to connect these to their
academic studies and contact to
professionals in careers there
are interested in persuing.
Long-term 10
Newham Sixth Form College
. Newham Sixth Form College are
looking for KCL students
studying Law to support current
AS Law students in their
academic studies. This is an
opportunity for KCL students to
mentor young pupils with an
aim of offering individualised,
tailored support to students.
Long-term
Opportunity.

Lauriston Lights
Lauriston Lights 9
is an
organisation which aims to
improve communication skills
and encourage high academic
standards for bright children
from areas of historically low
levels of academic
achievement.
a two-week long summer school
for children between years 6
and 7. Summer schools will
primarily use Philosophy for
Children and formal debating as
a means of improving self-
confidence and communication
skills. Sessions on academic
subjects will introduce new
subjects or subject areas in an
engaging way.
Short Term
London Citizens
London Citizens 10
is the largest
alliance of community
organisations in London. It is a
powerful grassroots charity
working with local people, for
local people.
Volunteers will share their
success as a King's student with
a Southwark 10 year old.
Volunteers will be trained to be
literacy facilitators by Primary
School Teachers. The program
aims to take a child who needs
some extra input to the next
level in their literacy ability
through an interactive
curriculum.
Long - term
Opportunity.
9
http://lauristonlights.org/
10
http://www.citizensuk.org/chapters/south-london-citizens/

IntoUniversity
IntoUniversity11
believes that
every child should have the
right to achieve their potential.
They provide a network of
learning centres in
disadvantaged areas across the
country and are looking for
enthusiastic and committed
King's College students to
become mentors.
IntoUniversity are currently
hoping to recruit King’s College
London Volunteers to
contribute to two of their
educational schemes: the
Mentoring Scheme and the
Academic Support Scheme.
Long-Term 49
TutorFair
Tutor Fair12
believe that
tutoring should be for all,
regardless of background; the
Tutorfair Foundation arranges
free tuition for children who
can't afford it.
KCLSU are currently promoting
two volunteering opportunities
with Tutor Fair to KCL students:
1. UCAS Workshops
2. Structured Tutor
Program
Long-Term
11
http://www.intouniversity.org/content/our-innovative-support-programme
12
https://www.tutorfair.com/

2.5 The Future of External Widening Participation Volunteering Opportunities at KCLSU:
KCLSU is currently working with its Web Service Provider to introduce a Volunteering Microsite as another
service to KCL students. This Microsite will be titled ‘VLS’: an abbreviation for ‘Volunteer. Log it. Stand
Out’; capturing the importance of extra-curricular activity to enhance a student’s university experience
and their preparation for the employment market.
VLS will be an online system to monitor individual student’s engagement with voluntary activity and
Widening Participation engagement in the local community – this will enable students to keep a record of
the number of hours volunteered through KCLSU activity groups or external charity projects. The system
tracks the volunteers’ complete record towards union defined voluntary awards with both professional
assessment and self-assessed goals. External volunteering and fundraising organisations can be organised
into groups and provided with access to a portal through which they can list activities for union approval
and also verify where necessary the participation of volunteers. Much of the reporting can be used to help
compile data for Higher Education Attainment Record (HEAR) submissions and also to measure outcomes
and engagement levels across demographics for internal reporting.
The Microsite will provide another platform to advertise Widening Participation voluntary opportunities
(both internally and externally) which will engage an even higher number of the KCL student body with
this initiative. On top of this, with the formal recording of student’s Widening Participation engagement
and volunteering hours, KCLSU will have access to concrete statistics regarding student WP involvement.
2.6 External Partnerships
In addition to the partners previously listed, KCLSU has continued its partnership with the KCL Widening
Participation Department and advanced on its partnership with Future First through the Back to School
Week national initiative.
Back to School Week
Back to School Week 13
(BTSW) is a targeted, week-long, national campaign to celebrate the power of
school and college alumni to support their old school networks. BTSW week has 18 partners including
student unions, national employers and media partners. The target audience of BTSW is state schools
across the country; this campaign is the first if it’s kind to mobilise a national interest in Widening
Participation aims.
2013 was the first year BTSW was launched. KCLSU ranked second across all involved Student Unions –
KCLSU achieved a total of 213 pledges from student and staff alumni to return to their old school or
college networks via their unique sign up; KCLSU pledges accounted for 27% of SU sign ups (almost a
13
http://www.backtoschoolweek.org/

third). The Student’s Union also achieved great media publicity 14 15 16 17
with the return of the Vice
President of Academic Affairs (Areeb Ullah) to Park View School in Tottenham and the return of the Vice
President of Activities and Facilities (Liam Jackson) to Bede's Primary School in Bolton. Baking Society
raised a total of £169.75 via their sale held in the Waterfront Bar – this money will be donated to schools in
partnership with BTSW to fund extra-curricular resources.
To strengthen this partnership and portray KCLSU’s commitment to this national initiative, the Widening
Participation Coordinator conducted follow up interviews 18
with members of staff who returned to their
school networks – this demonstrated KCLSU’s continued support to Future First and our desire to be the
Champion Student Union for student-led WP.
King’s College London Widening Participation Department
KCLSU has continued its partnership with the KCL Widening Participation department through the
Widening Participation Coordinator role within the Student’s Union. This partnership has been successful;
the coordinator spends one a day a week in the WP office and attends team meetings.
The coordinator has attended WP Department training sessions and away days, plus has also attended the
annual HELOA conference in January 2014. Once a term the Widening Participation Department and
relevant members of KCLSU staff meet to discuss the progress of the Widening Participation Coordinator
position within the student union – these meetings are valuable for ensuring that the collaboration is
working effectively and that we have shared goals and aims for student-led WP.
Following the investment in Podio by the Widening Participation Department, the KCLSU Widening
Participation Coordinator has also adopted this system to store WP contacts and to document WP
Student Union Activity. Podio is an online work platform to create workspaces to collaborate with
colleagues to allow organisation wide communication. This platform allows one to create Podio Apps and
workspaces to share with relevant individuals; the Widening Participation Coordinator has created
workspaces to share the contact details of student-led projects, student union activities and events which
are shared with the Widening Participation Department to enhance the working partnership
2.7 KCLSU Mission and Vision for Widening Participation.
Having brought together Student Officers, the KCL Widening Participation Department and the Student Life team,
the Widening Participation Coordinator has identified the key points that KCLSU should aim to achieve in order to
improve fair access to education at KCLSU. These key points have been collated into the ‘KCLSU Widening
Participation Mission Statement’, which KCLSU will strive to achieve over the upcoming months. This document is
available to all on the KCLSU website19
.
The KCLSU Widening Participation Mission Statement was finalised in early February – Table 5 offers an overview of
the progress that has been made by KCLSU to achieving these goals.
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http://www.kclsu.org/ents/event/191/
15
http://www.kclsu.org/ents/event/193/
16
http://www.backtoschoolweek.org/ai1ec_event/kclsu-baking-society-bake-sale/?instance_id=
17
http://futurefirst.org.uk/blog/2013/10/18/schools-out/
18
https://www.kclsu.org/volunteering/wideningparticipation/btsw/btswstories/
19
http://www.kclsu.org/volunteering/wideningparticipation/vision/

Table 5 – The KCLSU Widening Participation Mission Statement as finalised in February 2014. This table documents the progress that is being made at KCLSU to achieve
these missions.

KCLSU Widening
Participation Mission
Progress thus far (April 2014).
1.Student Groups will be fully
supported in the delivery of
Outreach Work. Student
groups delivering projects in
the community are
representative of KCL &
KCLSU, therefore training is
essential to maintain Student
Union and University
reputation and ensure the
safety of all students.
- Termly Impact Reports are produced by the Widening Participation Coordinator to document an audit of all SU
WP Activity.
- KCLSU Podio workspaces to ensure up to date contact details and recording of student-led outreach.
- Annual President and Treasurers (PAT) Training for PC to deliver training on:
 Child Protection
 Health and Safety
 Evaluation
 Disclosure and Barring Service.
- Collaboration with the Widening Participation Department to offer training delivered by Teach First, KCL and
others.
2. KCLSU will encourage
societies to dedicate Outreach
Activity to Pre-16 year groups,
and KCLWP target schools. This
will ensure that the SU adds
value to the work of KCLWP,
rather than duplication –
ensuring that, together, KCLSU
& KCLWP are offering as many
opportunities to as many
students as possible.
- Tailored meetings with student groups who have an interest in expanding current Outreach Initiatives to target
younger students.
- New groups are introduced to this avenue of opportunity and the benefits of engaging with a younger audience.
- Liaise with the KCL Widening Participation Department to ensure KCLSU student groups contact schools that are
on the WP Target List.
- We have a large number of external volunteering opportunities (refer to sections 2.4/2.5/2.6) now advertised to
the KCL Student body and use social media channels to complement online listings.
- KCLSU will have another avenue for advertising internal and external volunteering opportunities with the
development of the Microsite (section 2.7).
3.Funding will be dedicated to
society Outreach Projects –
This funding is essential to
maintain and build Union and
University reputation.
- A total of £1266.76 was awarded to student-led outreach projects from the 2013/2014 Development Fund
allocations.
- KCLSU hope to award £2,000 to student-led outreach projects from the 2014/2015 Development Fund allocations.
- KCLSU have secured a £3,000 Widening Participation Fund from the KCL Widening Participation Department;

2.8 KCLSU’s Widening Participation Vision Statement:
Following the consultations and agreement on of the ‘KCLSU Widening Participation Mission Statement’
the Widening Participation Coordinator has finalised the KCLSU Vision Statement to accompany this
document which can be viewed below. The Vision Statement articulates KCLSU’s aspiration to be the
champion of student-led WP and provides the framework of direction for the Widening Participation
Missions that KCLSU has challenged itself to achieve.
KCLSU’s Widening Participation Vision Statement:
Your background shouldn’t stop you from applying to, or succeeding at, university.
We want our campuses to be inclusive and diverse. Reaching out to under-represented groups,
communities, young and mature learners is an integral part of making sure everyone has an equal
opportunity to attend university.
KCLSU recognises the power of a shared Widening Participation ethos and as an organisation we are
committed to being the champion for fairer access to higher education.
We will achieve this by leading the way in student-led Widening Participation;
• by developing robust partnerships showcasing the full student experience to prospective members
and to all current students to make a difference across a student’s whole lifecycle.
• by investing in students to create and develop outreach projects to inspire others which we will
evaluate and monitor to maximise the impact and effectiveness of widening participation
activities.
• by supporting academic societies to adopt peer mentoring projects committed to supporting the
retention of students.
Through these initiatives and with greater collaboration with our partners, we will help to raise aspirations
and to ensure that everyone with the potential to benefit from higher education has equal chance to do
so.
Through these initiatives and with greater collaboration with our partners, we will help to raise aspirations
and to ensure that everyone with the potential to benefit from higher education has equal chance to do
so.
2.9 The Widening Participation Fund
Thanks to the generosity of the King’s College London Widening Participation Department KCLSU have
secured a £3,000 fund to award student groups to support student-led outreach projects. The King’s
College London Widening Participation Department consider KCL students to be partners in engaging
young people from underrepresented backgrounds in high quality, innovative and effective Outreach
Projects to support access and transition into Higher Education. The Widening Participation Fund is open
to all King’s students wanting to create and develop student-led Outreach Projects in the community. The
application can bid for a maximum of £500 to support a student-led outreach idea/project.
Applications for this funding opportunity will be opened in October of the 2014/2015 academic year; it is
envisioned that with a funding opportunity being available to selectively support student-led outreach,

this will in turn create greater awareness of WP within the student body and will encourage more KCL
students to get involved with coordinated outreach projects. The WP Fund will be opened following a
series of ‘Widening Participation Awareness Raising’ talks led by the Widening Participation Coordinator
to encourage students to create new outreach projects, as well as being available to student groups with
established projects to offer financial support to expand coordinated programmes. Following the short
listing of written applications, those ‘bids’ meeting the funding criteria (see Figure 2) will be invited to
deliver a short presentation to an application panel consisting of student officers, KCLSU staff and KCL
Widening Participation staff who together will discuss the strength of the application and the amount to
be awarded.
To ensure funding is offered to applications which add value to the current outreach opportunities
available within King’s and KCLSU, agreed funding criteria (by the KCL Widening Participation
Department and KCLSU) will be adopted which can be viewed in Figure 2.
Figure 2 – Funding criteria for the Widening Participation Fund.
Essential Qualities to the application:
• Your project must have a unique selling point (USP): the project cannot duplicate an activity
already delivered by a KCLSU student group or the King’s College London Widening Participation
Department.
• Your project proposal must have a clear plan to engage students in the local community to raise
their aspirations in education and future employment.
• Your proposal must have the intention to build sustained and continuous relationships with
students enrolled on the project.
• Your application must clearly demonstrate how this project will raise awareness of WP within the
student body.
• Your application must clearly demonstrate how this project will contribute to strengthening the
widening participation community within the KCL student body.
• Your project will value the importance of evaluation and will actively seek to evaluate the project’s
progress.
• Your application will show evidence to demonstrate that KCL student involvement in delivering
this project will support student retention, achievement and success whilst studying at KCL.
Desirable Qualities to the application:
• The proposal seeks to engage pre-16 students.

• The proposal seeks to engage primary school aged students.
• The proposal seeks to support female students’ access and retention in STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects.
• The proposal seeks to support white working-class boys to access Higher Education.
• The proposal seeks to support the access and retention of Postgraduate/Mature Students in Higher
Education.

Appendices:
Appendix 1 – recording document employed to gather WP Activity audit. These details are required by the
Outreach database system used by the KCL Widening Participation Department – thus the information collected by
the Student Union can be recorded in the systems used by the Widening Participation Department.
Society Name:
President Name:
President Contact:
Treasurer Name:
Treasurer Contact:
Project Title:
Frequency of project:
Length of project delivery:
Project date(s):
Year of the Project*:
(*How long has your society
been running this project?)
Number of participants involved:
Age of participants:
External partnerships*:
(*Please list any schools you
engage with.)
One-off / Weekly / Fortnightly/ Monthly /
Other
1hr / 2hr / 3hr / ½ day / 1 day
Outreach Project Details.

Estimated costs for delivering project:
Appendix 2 – Activity Group Widening Participation Project Profiles20
.
Bangladesh Society:
Amongst the range of volunteering activities led by Bangladesh Society, they hold two Widening Participation
events; a small mentoring programme and an introduction to university taster day. Other than SHINE Mentoring,
Bangladesh Society are the only student group at KCLSU who hold an event solely for primary school aged children.
History Outreach Programme:
The History Outreach Programme is a mentoring programme supported by TeachFirst for post 16 students. The
Project also hosts activity days and library events at the Strand campus and the Maughan Library which introduce
pupils to university life.
The Programme's primary aim is to instil a sense of aspiration in pupils and inspire them to apply to university
despite the boundaries that they may face. For the academic year, the committee have planned the following
events:
1. 10 partner schools where a total of 140 teaching sessions will take place over 14 teaching weeks.
2. 3 library days at the Maughan Library, attended by 30 students each.
3. 2 Buddy Days with IntoUniversirty, attended by 20 students each.
Islamic Society:
This year Islamic Society are once again hosting the U.CAN workshop; a day of information for pupils interested in
applying to medical and dentistry course. The event will be held on Saturday 7th
December on Guy’s Campus for 120
16-18 year old students. The topics covered include Interview Techniques, Personal Statement advice and guidance
regarding additional examinations required for these courses. At present, a branch of KCLSU students operating
under Islamic Society are coordinating the event, however, due to four years of success and ever increasing demand
for the IAG they offer, they hope to become an independently ratified society for the academic year of 2014.
ProBono:
ProBono Society coordinates two Widening Participation Projects within the local London Community: Legal
Outreach and a one-to-one mentoring programme. Both of these projects are focused towards encouraging
students from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue a degree in Law, and to provide prospective students with
the IAG to be successful in this degree choice.
Shine Mentoring:
SHINE Mentoring is a volunteer-led charity operating four mentoring programmes to primary schools in the London
Boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth. The programmes have shown that providing university student mentors
enhances the learning and development of children through proactive support and positive role models. SHINE
offers both academic and pastoral support to children of inner city primary schools through the use of university
student mentors. The mentor-mentee relationship is built through weekly one-hour mentoring sessions and creates
a partnership in which all can learn, develop and succeed.
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For more details refer to http://www.kclsu.org/joiningagroup/.

KCL Surgical Society (KCLSS):
Following the success of the ‘Stitch Don’t Stab’ one day workshop in the academic year of 2012-2013, Surgical
Society now delivers more frequent sessions across London Schools. In partnership with Students4Syria, KCLSS
deliver inspiring sessions supporting those interested in pursuing a medical degree – they currently cover topics
such as medical careers and deliver an interactive suturing session.
Team Up:
Team Up is a voluntary tutoring/mentoring and student-development organisation passionate about improving
social mobility in local London Schools. Team Up volunteers provide one-to-one tutoring for secondary aged pupils
in English/Maths and Science. This commitment is sustained for a period of 15 weeks from November – March of
every academic year.
The Team Up Activity Group at KCL is just one of many at other Universities across the UK, including:
• Imperial College London
• LSE
• Queen Mary
• SOAS
• UCL
• University of Cambridge
• University of Oxford
• Brunel University
• City University, London
• Oxford Brookes University
• University of Birmingham
• University of East London
• University of Greenwich
• University of Nottingham
• University of Sheffield
• University of West London
• Westminster University
This year Team Up are in Partnership with Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, PWC, Norton Rose Fullbright and Teach
First, offering Team Up exclusive master classes.

Appendix 3 – Reviews written by Surgical Society documenting their ‘Stitch Don’t Stab’ outreach workshops.
Stitch Don't Stab at St Paul's WayTrust School-27/11/13
Volunteer’s Insight: Stitch don’t Stab
“Big things are happening at this school”, he said straight at me with unblinking eyes. I stared back thinking of what he could be
referring to. “We’ve done the paper work to make Human Aid the official charity of the school so we can fundraise for them,” he
continued. My heart warmed at this good news. “Wow, that’s amazing!” I said.
This was the determination we saw at St. Paul’s Way Trust School at our latest Stitch, don’t Stab workshop. Sitting in the
school canteen with our main contacts at the school, the air was electrifying. I could definitely feel something special about this
place. In the classroom, the sixth formers were just as hospitable and enthusiastic. After attentively listening to a presentation
about the work of Students4Syria and the aims of Stitch, don’t Stab we started to teach them suturing skills in groups. Some
students picked up the skills very quickly whilst for others it proved more difficult. “I can’t do this Miss!” one said. “How am I
going to be a doctor? This is so hard!” she said in despair. I realised that I was not here to simply teach how to suture but I also
had a supportive role towards these students to impart what little wisdom life had granted me. “We can’t give up on the first
go, we have to keep trying,” I encouraged. After giving me a helpless look, she sighed and soldiered on.
These workshops work both ways. We give but then we also receive in ways we could not have thought of. Join us and be part
of something special.
We will be going back to this positive school on the afternoon of Wednesday 4th December.

Stitch Don't StabWorkshop-17 November 2013
Press release – First Stitch don’t Stab workshop of 2013-14
After the successful Surgical Skills for the Ummah training session, medical students from King’s College London
were ready to impart their surgical skills to the younger generation. On Sunday 17th November 2013, a ‘Stitch don’t
Stab’ workshop was delivered to two groups of 14-16 year old students in Whitechapel. The workshop started with an
introduction to the work of Students4Syria and a career in medicine. What followed was an amazing interactive
session, teaching not only suturing skills and knot tying but also raising the ambitions of the young students. The
students were pleased to be learning new skills and had many questions to ask the medical student facilitators
regarding further education and careers. The room was buzzing with excitement. The medical student facilitators were
able to teach the students in small groups, creating an engaging atmosphere. They learnt how to tie a reef knot as
well as interrupted and continuous suturing. More importantly, they were inspired to continue to acquire further
knowledge and skills to help their own community too one day. It was a great session for both students and
facilitators.
If you are a medical or dentistry student and would like to be a source of inspiration for the future generation by taking
part in upcoming ‘Stitch don’t Stab’ workshops please register to be a facilitator at students4syria@gmail.com
Our next workshop will be on 27th November 2013 at a school in Tower Hamlets. We are now recruiting volunteers.
Please email students4syria@gmail.com to take part.

Stitch Don’t Stab - S4S raises aspirations with teenagers
16/06/13
The first of our ‘Stitch, Don’t Stab!’ campaign was an interactive session with 20 students aged 14 -16 years. There
were six medical students from King’s College London, who took part and taught the students how to suture and
surgical knot tie. The aim of this session was to raise aspirations of the students, teach them about a medical career in
a fun and interactive way and help them develop skills they can use to help the community. The session started with
Dr Shafiul (Chair of S4S, who recently graduated as a
doctor) giving a presentation about life as a doctor,
talking through examples of emergency treatments for
life threatening injuries, and shedding his personal
insight into why medicine is so fascinating. He also
spoke about S4S and the work that has been carried
out in giving aid in Syria. He urged the students to get
involved as much as they can, and aspire to really excel
in both their education and community work. We then
split the students into groups of four, and each
volunteer took a table. The students were very
interested in learning how to suture, and also had the opportunity to ask about medicine as a career. Teaching is
always an amazing experience, and as healthcare students we have an obligation to pass our knowledge on and help
those we can. This was also a great experience for us, as medical students to polish our skills. The feedback of the
event from the pupils was a very positive. “It was a great session where I learnt loads of new skills, and it has inspired
me to be a doctor in the future. I want to benefit the community as much as I can. Imran, GCSE Student. We plan to
have many more of these sessions for both brothers and sisters. If you are interested in taking part, or have any ideas
for future events please email us at students4syria@gmail.com

Appendix 4 – KCLSU Development Fund Criteria and Application Form.
Development funding is available to all sports clubs and KCSLU Activity Groups to encourage and support their
growth throughout the year. The funds could be used for additional equipment, facility hire or could be for a new
and exciting project/event in the community but your application should seek to benefit the membership of your
group, the wider community or enhance your group, or KCLSU as a whole. It should also aim to demonstrate and
contribute towards KCLSU’s strategic aims:
1. Bringing more students together so that everyone feels a part of a vibrant King’s community.
2. Making KCLSU services more visible and accessible so that more of you benefit from what we offer
3. Helping you recognise the skills you get from KCLSU activities so that you are even more employable
4. Working with you to achieve greater impact.
Please read the Fund guidance notes carefully before submitting your application.
Applications for autumn are open from 14th
October 2013 and will close at noon on 15th
November 2012.
Applications for spring will be announced nearer the time.
Applications should be e-mailed to - Martyn.Greene@kclsu.org

Applications will be considered by the Student Development Committee and a decision will be made at two
meetings throughout the year - then groups will be notified on the success of their application.
Please indicate the type of activity you require funding for (tick ONE only)
Type of Activity
Sport
Academic
Business & Entrepreneurship
Campaigning
Common Interest
Culture
Faith & Spirituality
Fundraising
Medical
Media
Music, Performance & Creative
Political
Widening Participation
Volunteering
SECTION 1: STUDENT CONTACT DETAILS
Name of student group: Lead student name and role in group:
Lead student email address: Lead student contact telephone:

SECTION 3: KCLSU AIMS – Please describe how your project/plan contribute towards and demonstrate any of KCLSU’s
strategic aims as outlined at the top of this document.
Aim Description
SECTION 4: DETAILS – please provide as much information as possible
How much are you applying for? £
If, funding for a project when does the project
begin? And finish?
SECTION 2: SUMMARY AND AIM
Please summarise why you want/need the funding and explain how it will enhance your club, group, or KCLSU and its members as a whole.
Summary:
Aim:

How many students will be involved?
How many non-students will be involved? (if
applicable)
How many sessions will be delivered? (if
applicable)
How many hours volunteering will be involved?
Please list any key dates / session dates
SECTION 5: EXPENDITURE – please provide as detailed a budget as you can (add additional lines where necessary)
Item Amount Further Details
Total amount:
Lead Student Signature: Date:
Group President’s Signature: Date:
SECTION 6: SIGNATURE - Person responsible for the funding should sign as well as the group President if different.
SECTION 7: OFFICE USE ONLY
Approved Yes / No Assessor
Further comments

Appendix 5 – Evaluation Toolkit Summary Document.
Event Review Summary
Society Name
Event Name
Event Date
School Involved
Number of participants involved
Evaluation tools used (tick as applicable). o Participant Evaluation Form
o Teacher Evaluation Form (if applicable)
o KCL Student Evaluation Form
o Postcards
Event Aims •

•
•
•
Aims: To what extent did this event meet its
aims?
Use this space to provide evidence of where the
event met the Student Group’s aims as laid out
above.
-Both quantitative and qualitative data.
Impact: what effects were observed or recorded? Based on the feedback provided, what impact
did the event have on all those who took part?
This can included teacher/student/deliverer
comments & does not need to relate to the aims
above.
e.g 98% of students etc.
Recommendations: Would you recommend that
this event be changed/expanded/improved in
any way? How future delivery should be changed
to maximise the benefits.
Categorise comments of teachers/
students/deliverers – what worked and what
didn’t; this can be used as a reminder to the
student group or a guide for future events of
what needs to change or stay the same for
success in the future.
NOTE: Add any great quotes/evidence of impact to celebrate the student group achievement.
Appendix 6 - Summary of Anatomy Society’s evaluation of student satisfaction with their first outreach session:
Presentation on Cardiovascular Diseases and Clinical anatomy Workshop.
Event Review Summary 1
Society Name Anatomy Society
Event Name Presentation on Cardiovascular Diseases and Clinical
anatomy Workshop
Event Date 19th March 2014
School Involved St Dominics, Bacon's College, The Charther School,
Prendergast Hill-Fields college
Number of participants involved 52
Evaluation tools used (tick as applicable).  Participant Evaluation Form (16/52 completed)
o Teacher Evaluation Form (if applicable)

 KCL Student Evaluation Form
 Postcards
Event Aims • To increase participants’ confidence in
understanding what clinical practice entails.
• To increase participants understanding of heart
pathology.
• Improve participant’s familiarity with lecture
styled learning.
• For students to learn more about their chosen
degree course.
• To learn something relevant to their current
school teaching.
• For participants to enjoy the workshop.
aims?
• 87.5% of participants who completed the
evaluation form felt their confidence in
understanding what clinical practice entails had
improved following the workshop.
• 56.25% had an increased understanding of the
heart’s pathology.
• 62.5% felt they had a greater understanding of
what lecture styled teaching entailed.
• 56.5% felt that workshop helped them to learn
more about their chosen future degree course.
• 87.5% of participants felt that this workshop was
relevant to their current school teaching.
• 87.5% of participants enjoyed the workshop.
Impact: what effects were observed or recorded? Overall participants who completed an evaluation of the
workshop offered very positive feedback; most felt that
they had enjoyed the workshop and felt this had
relevance to their current curriculum. However, fewer
students felt that this gave them any greater insight into
their chosen degree discipline and few felt they had a
greater understand of lecture styled learning.
Recommendations: Would you recommend that
this event be changed/expanded/improved in
any way? How future delivery should be changed
to maximise the benefits.
Base d on qualitative comments extracted from the
evaluation forms students felt that this was an
informative sessions and many claimed that they will
now take more notes and revise more to help their
studies.
The repeated negative comment related to the large
number of participants on the workshop – students felt
that they would have gained more from the workshop if
less people had attended and therefore there was more
opportunity for 1-2-1 coaching from KCL students.

Appendix 7 – Summary of Anatomy Society’s evaluation of student satisfaction with their second outreach session:
Interventional Radiology.
Event Review Summary 2
Society Name Anatomy Society
Event Name Interventional Radiology
Event Date 13th
March 2014
School Involved Prendergast Hilly-Fields College &
St Dominic's Sixth Form College
Number of participants involved 33
Evaluation tools used (tick as
applicable).
 Participant Evaluation Form
o Teacher Evaluation Form (if
applicable)
 KCL Student Evaluation Form
 Postcards
Event Aims • Increase participant confidence in understanding
of interventional radiology.
• Improve familiarity with lecture styled teaching.
• Learn more about chosen health course.
• To learn something relevant to their current
school teaching.
• For participants to enjoy the workshop.

aims?
• 93.75% felt that their confidence in
understanding of interventional radiology
had been improved.
• 68.75% felt they had more familiarity with
lecture styled learning.
• 37.5% felt they had learnt more about their
chosen future degree course.
• 43.75% felt they had learnt something
relevant to their current school teaching.
• 43.75% enjoyed the workshop.
Impact: what effects were observed or
recorded?
Overall, those participants who completed the
evaluation form felt they had an increased
understanding of interventional radiology, however
few participants felt that this workshop had
relevance to their current teaching and less than
half of those who completed the evaluation form
enjoyed the workshop.
Recommendations: Would you recommend
that this event be
changed/expanded/improved in any way?
How future delivery should be changed to
maximise the benefits.
The content of the workshop clearly addressed
what interventional radiology is and so this should
be maintained. However, many students felt that
the language used was too technical but this was
made more accessible with the use of videos and
pictures in the workshop. The complexity of the
terminology and the assumption of the deliverers
that AS/A Level students are familiar with such
terms has been frequently raised in the qualitative
feedback – in future the workshop needs to be more
considerate of the current knowledge of the
audience. Participants felt that the session was not
interactive enough, this coupled with the use of
complex terminology made participants lose
interest.

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