Announcing our Open Awards Bursary winner: Southport College
Open Awards are delighted to announce that our Trustees have awarded Southport College the Open Awards Bursary for their Access to Higher Education laboratory project.
In response to this year’s theme of ‘Doing Things Differently’, Southport College proposed changing the delivery and assessment of their Access to HE healthcare diplomas by redeveloping their old laboratory into an Access to HE laboratory.
Southport College used learner feedback and retention data to demonstrate how this new laboratory will improve achievement rates, remove barriers to progression and support kinaesthetic learners.
Discussing the impact this bursary will have on their Access to HE provisions, Wesley Magee (Curriculum Leader for Health, Social Care and Access to HE), said: “The Access team at Southport College are very grateful to receive this funding from Open Awards.
“The money will result in our Access students experiencing a more inclusive, practical and fun experience whilst studying their Access course. It will also allow units to be assessed in a more practical and interactive way.”
Congratulations to Southport College and we can't wait to see the new laboratory in all its glory!