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Evaluation of the University of Warwick's outreach programme, UniTracks: The Warwick Young Achievers' Programme : Report 8 : UniTracks' Big Deal, Shooting the Past, and Mentoring, 2018
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Cullen, Stephen Michael (2018) Evaluation of the University of Warwick's outreach programme, UniTracks: The Warwick Young Achievers' Programme : Report 8 : UniTracks' Big Deal, Shooting the Past, and Mentoring, 2018. Coventry: Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR), University of Warwick.
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Abstract
The 2017/18 UniTracks programme delivered a number of projects for UniTracks members: the Year 10 UniTracks launch, and the start of ‘We Are UniTracks’; the Big Deal competition; Shooting the Past; Year 11 GCSE Bootcamp; Year 12 ‘Mini-Research’ project; and the Year 13 A level Bootcamp. However, some other projects that had been planned for 2017/2018 failed to be presented, or were only partially presented: Year 11 e-mentoring; Year 12 e-mentoring; and the Year 12 academic assignment.
Difficulties in carrying out the evaluation limited the ability of the evaluation to gather impact data. It was only possible to gather snapshot impact data, which suggested:
Big Deal:
Both the survey data, and the interview data suggest that the young people had high expectations of the competition, which were largely fulfilled; that they were a well-motivated group; and that the impact of taking part was more notable in terms of skills and knowledge than ideas about the young people’s futures.
In terms of the experience of taking part in the Big Deal, the highlighted experiences were visiting the University of Warwick, having an overnight, residential, experience, and being able to talk to university undergraduates.
Shooting the Past:
Shooting the Past participants had a positive experience of the project, were motivated to do well, and remained interested in the various aspects of film-making and history covered by Shooting the Past.
Shooting the Past provided additional incentives to already motivated young people to attend a research-led university.
Shooting the Past had most impact in terms of research project experience, team working, and confidence-building.
E-mentoring:
Difficulties with the presentation of e-mentoring in 2017/18 prevented any conclusions being made.
| Item Type: | Report | ||||||
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| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Low-income high school students, School contests, Film archives, Mentoring in education | ||||||
| Publisher: | Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR), University of Warwick | ||||||
| Place of Publication: | Coventry | ||||||
| Official Date: | 6 September 2018 | ||||||
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| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
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