St George's University of London Wins Heist Award for Widening Participation

St George's University of London Wins Heist Award for Widening Participation

 24^th April 2005

This year St George’s was rewarded with the institution’s first ever HEIST award, in the category "Campaign or Initiative: Widening Participation in Higher Education", for production of the ‘Taste of Medicine’ interactive CD-ROM. This product is the only one of its kind in the country, specifically designed to raise the aspirations and attainment of year nine students (aged 13 and 14).

Over the course of the past year almost 70,000 copies of the CD-ROM have been distributed, and the content will shortly be released online for national dissemination.

HEIST is an organisation that specialises in educational marketing in both the FE and HE sectors. Its annual awards are run to recognise best practice and innovation in a range of areas in post-compulsory education, and are regarded as the leading indicator of excellence in educational marketing.

Kenton Lewis, Assistant Registrar (Fair Access) said: "It’s fantastic to be recognised with this award, and an important indication of the growing value of Widening Participation. It is also encouraging to think that we have achieved this recognition just as we look to expand our range of provision."

For further information about Widening Participation at St George’s, contact klewis@sgul.ac.uk

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