1. Reaching the Hard to Reach: Collaborative Models in the East Midlands (Nottingham, NTU, Leicester and Lincoln) Mary Brittain, Mirella Santamaría, Jodeine Wheatcroft, Neil Hughes

2. WIDENING PARTICIPATION

3. Reaching the Hard to Reach National context: Routes and HEFCE Widening participation: focus on social disadvantage East Midlands context Need for: collaboration targeting (IMD, POLAR2, FSM) evidence of impact

4. PROJECTS/COLLABORATION

5. Projects/activities Student ambassador schemes: University of Nottingham Nottingham Trent University University of Lincoln E-mentoring: University of Leicester Bespoke Programme: Nottingham Trent University Easter and summer courses

6. Projects/activities One-off events European Day of Languages Olympics themed events Languages and Film sessions Competitions Resources Online language learning resources Guide to learning languages in the East Midlands 23,000 pupils from 520 schools across the East Midlands benefitted from our projects

7. East Midlands Business Language Champio ns Languages and You Presentation: Employability Intercultural understanding Puts into context the usefulness and importance of languages Helps inform option choices 200 presentations to 16,000 pupils across the region Bringing Languages and Business Together

8. BESPOKE PROGRAMME

9. The Bespoke Programme - Rationale Enabling pupils to see languages ‘beyond the walls of the classroom’ Raising aspirations & broadening horizons for a cohort of WP pupils Aiming for the highest impact  intensive, multiple, sequential interventions

10. The Bespoke Programme – Example Content International student panel Presentation skills in action, with props! Trip to the French embassy in London Taster sessions in other languages French enrichment Building relationships with students and speakers of other languages Self defence in French with ‘Mad Max’ End of programme presentation day at school Exploring life on campus

11. Self-defence with ‘Mad Max’

12. The Bespoke Programme – Factors for Success Commitment from school Diverse & creative activities Energy & enthusiasm 4-5 sequential interventions linked to Key Stage 3+4 Building relationships & trust with pupils The Embassy! Collaboration

13. The Bespoke Programme – The Impact 2009 = 6 pupils taking GCSE French at Parkside School with the languages department in danger of closing Bespoke Language Programme 2012 = 30 pupils taking GCSE French, thriving languages community within school

14. The Bespoke Programme – The Impact “ It has been the most amazing project, not only in respect to the results – Parkside going from their French option in danger of disappearing from the curriculum to a now healthy class size, plus discussions to add Spanish to the provision – but also in the example of how collaboration can work. The way in which your team have worked with us has proven that when people are dedicated and committed, real success can be achieved. The programme has been exciting, innovative and challenging. Personally, this collaboration will be the standard by which I think collaboration should be measured.” Rachael Nicholls, Aimhigher Derbyshire

15. The Bespoke ProgrammeThe Bespoke Programme:

16. LEARNING RESOURCES

17. Resources Web-based resources Ambassadors Learn Languages Log-onto-languages