Aimhigher Tyne & Wear / Northumberland (TWN) Healthcare Strand Conference
at St James Park Newcastle

• Date: 17/03/2010
• Time: 10.00am
• Venue: St James Park Newcastle

Dear colleage,

Aimhigher Tyne & Wear / Northumberland (TWN) Healthcare Strand Conference: Health & Social Care: Future Challenges

St James Park, Newcastle

17 March 2010 - 10.00am - 3.00pm

Aimhigher TWN would like to invite you to the above staff development conference which is part of a programme of activity to widen access to the healthcare professions.

Funded by the Department of Health, Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills and the Higher Education Funding Council, Aimhigher partnerships are supporting projects that address access and diversity issues affecting entrants into healthcare professions.

The healthcare strand supports the aim that the healthcare professions should better reflect the wider population through widening participation.

The objectives are:
•To raise aspirations and motivation to enter HE relevant to the healthcare professions among young people in schools, further education and workplace learning, who are from under-represented groups and who have the potential for a career in healthcare.
•To raise the attainment of potential recruits to healthcare professions, who are from under-represented groups, so that they gain the academic or vocational qualifications and learning skills that will enable them to enter HE courses relevant to healthcare.
•To strengthen progression routes into HE via vocational courses, including Apprenticeships, whether they are delivered in schools, colleges or the workplace.
•To raise the aspirations and motivation of existing NHS employees to enter HE courses relevant to the healthcare professions.
Please contact Hazel Glynn by email to hazel.glynn@northland.ac.uk or by post to Hazel Glynn, Aimhgiher c/o Northumberland College, College Road, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9RG