1. Andrew Abrahamson Primary Project Officer International Centre for Excellence in Educational Opportunities June 2011

2. Progression to higher education ……is more about CULTURE than ability…….

3. What is the role of a university? Young people are in schools Young people are in families Families are in communities

4. What we learnt Start young Target Systematic replicable models Partnership working Cross sector responsibility

5. Start young

6. Target

7. High quality delivery models

8. Partnerships....

9. Partnerships...

10. Role models

11. 3 Step Framework (since 2000) Step 1: ‘Sowing the Seeds’ ages 9/10 years Step 2: ‘Long term/ intense relationship’ with target cohort ages 15-17 years Step 3: Direct links to supported admissions, bursaries, engaging curriculum, quality student support, careers and employability ages 17+ years

12. ‘Sowing the Seeds’ Professor Fluffy’s educational adventure

13. Step 2 - Champions

14. Step 2 – Residentials

15. Step 2 – Superstars

16. Step 3 - Scholars

17. Step 3 – Go Higher

19. Global context

20. a.abrahamson@liverpool.ac.uk