‘Access’ is about widening participation in higher and further education to non-traditional learners, promoting equality of opportunity and encouraging lifelong learning and personal development.
The objectives of the Institute are to:
- act as a focus for improving the research base and general understanding of contemporary access issues;
- initiate, pilot, evaluate and implement new initiatives in access within the university and its partners as a developmental process;
- undertake research in the field of access studies;
- help provide ‘tools’ for national bench marking of good practice in access;
- provide a forum for discussion and exchange of information and views on access to higher and further education;
- improve the dissemination of good practice in access to higher and further education.
The Institute undertakes a wide range of work. Main activities include:
- undertaking applied and academic research;
- disseminating research and good practice through publications, conferences and seminars, meetings, networking and electronically;
- encouraging scholarly activity in the field.
If you want to find out more about the field of access studies, this website will give you plenty of information about our own activities, as well as resources and links to other websites of interest.
We are situated the Stoke campus of Staffordshire University. For directions to visit us click here.
