Widening participation and outreach activities with parents

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Dear University of Leeds,

My request
is regarding your widening participation and outreach activities,
specifically those related to working with and engaging parents. I am
asking for this information to support a research project into parental
engagement in higher education.

Please send me a list of any outreach programmes or activities currently
delivered by the university or by partners of the university in which the
programme directly with parents. Please provide this information as an
Excel or CSV file, using one activity/programme per row, with columns for:

1. The name of the activity

2. Which external partner, if any, you worked with to deliver
the activity

3. The aims of the activity

4. The key features of the activity e.g. delivery methods,
format of sessions, partners

5. The duration of the activity

6. The number of parents reached through the activity in the
last 12 months

7. Methods used to recruit parents to the programme

8. Whether particular groups of parents were targeted (e.g. by
ethnic group, socio-economic status, level of education)

9. Any evidence of the programme’s success, including how
success was defined and measured

I would like the above information to be provided to me in electronic
format, as an Excel or CSV file.

If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you could
contact me. I understand that you are required to
respond to my request within the 20 working days after you receive this
request. I would be grateful if you could confirm by email that you have
received this request.

I look forward to receiving your response.

Kind Regards,

Ellie Mulcahy

Senior Research Associate

LKMco

Tracey Crombie,

I will be away from the office until Tuesday 13 February, if you require urgent attention contact Helen Pickersgill on 0113 3430436. Alternatively, if you email relates to Freedom of Information reqeusts contact Jenny Foggin on 0113 3431155.

Jenny Foggin,

Dear Ellie,

Thanks for your email. We will take a look at what records are held and you should expect a response within 20 working days of receipt, that is, by 9 March. If you have any queries in the meantime, please don't hesitate to raise them.

Best wishes,

Jenny

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Jenny Foggin
Senior Governance and Freedom of Information Officer
Secretariat
University of Leeds

(0113) 343 1155
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Tracey Crombie,

Dear Ms Mulcahy

I can confirm receipt of the request below, dated 9 February 2018. 

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.  As such, you should expect to hear from the University in response by 9 March 2018, if, in the meantime, you have any queries about the request, please don’t hesitate to contact Jenny Foggin ([email address]).   

Kind regards

Tracey Crombie
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University of Leeds
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Fax:  0113 343 3925

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Jenny Foggin,

Dear Ellie,

The University works with parents directly and indirectly in a number of ways, but not through specific targeted programmes. The data is quite disparate, and it would be difficult to assemble within the timeframe of the FoI requirements.

However, my colleagues working in educational engagement are very happy to talk directly to you about what you need for your research and to give you as much information as they can. You will get a much fuller picture that way, as they have all the contextual and experiential information that I would necessarily not be able to provide through FoI, and if you have questions or follow-ups, they would be much better placed to address those.

Can I suggest that you contact Richard Kemp, in Educational Engagement? I know that whatdotheyknow usually removes individual email addresses before posting responses, so haven't included it, but you can search for 'Kemp' in our Staff A-Z, and if you have any difficulty finding him, please let me know outside whatdotheyknow so that I can give you his contact details.

Best wishes,

Jenny

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Jenny Foggin
Senior Governance and Freedom of Information Officer
Secretariat
University of Leeds

(0113) 343 1155
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