Widening Participation Event
| Event | Widening Participation in Higehr Education Pre-Consultation Public Seminar |
|---|---|
| Date | Wednesday 19 May 2010 |
| Venue | Tullyglass House Hotel |
| Time | 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (including lunch) |
The Department for Employment and Learning wants to hear your views on widening participation in higher education for learners from disadvantaged backgrounds and with learning difficulties and disabilities.
A public consultation document will be published later this year. In order to inform this document your views are vital to us. We would like to hear from as wide a range of interested parties and key stakeholders as possible.
- Please make every effort to attend this FREE public pre-consultation seminar and make your views known to us.
Event Programme
| Time | Programme | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:30 | Welcome | Department for Employment and Learning Official |
| 9:35 | Strategic Vision | Fergus Devitt - Director of Higher Education Division, Department for Employment and Learning |
| 9:45 | Targets | Denise McAlister - University of Ulster |
| 10:15 | Raising Aspirations and Attainment | Deirdre Gillespie - Department of Education |
| 10:45 | Break | |
| 11:00 | Enhancing Recruitment and Selection | Wilma Fee - Queen's University Belfast |
| 11:30 | Improving Retention and Progression | Damian O''Kane - Universtiy of Ulster |
| 12:00 | Close | Andrew Hamilton - Deputy Secretary, Department for Employment and Learrning |
Register
To register your attendance please email the following to David Eagleson 
no later than 12 noon on Thursday 13 May 2010:-
- Name
- Organisation
- Contact Address and Telephone Number
If you have any queries about this event please contact David Eagleson as soon as possible.
