What does WP stand for?

Widening Participation (education program)

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A programme that uses culture to lead to lasting social regeneration by engagement, widening participation and supporting cultural diversity.

HOW YOU CAN ENTER THE RUNNING

CITY College Birmingham is committed to widening participation in education and training.

Courses designed to further your career

The Mayor says this justifies his efforts to change the rules by widening participation to include households earning up to [pounds sterling]75,000 a year.

Baffled by housing schemes

Exeter and Bath cited concerns that if the A* is used in offers, it may 'disadvantage state schools' and 'have a detrimental effect on widening participation efforts'.

Snub to the A* stars

Topics addressed include promoting equality and diversity, widening participation, improving punctuality and attendance, supporting adult learners, recognizing achievement, and recording progression.

Teaching adults

OFFA was set up to ensure all universities invest a reasonable amount of the extra fees money in widening participation projects, aimed at encouraging students from a broader cross-section of backgrounds to gain university places.

Uni is top of list for effort

But Durham saw its number of students from state schools and from poorer backgrounds fall from last year as it failed to hit benchmarks for widening participation.

Poorer youngsters reject university

Performance indicators published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England have placed the University of Teesside among the top in the country for widening participation among people from communities which do not traditionally choose to go onto higher education.

People's Uni 98% of students from state school