We believe we can make the biggest impact by all working together to achieve this for our students. Staff, students, colleagues and young people from local schools and colleges we would love to hear from you all – see different ways you can get involved below.
In line with our Access and Participation Plan, we wish to encourage staff, students, colleagues and students from schools and colleges to share their ideas on how we can help more students from different backgrounds to access HE and succeed in their studies.
In line with our Access and Participation plan we wish to encourage staff, students, colleagues and students from schools and colleges to share their ideas on how we can help more students from different backgrounds to access HE and succeed in their studies.
Our new staff and student champion network will meet for the first time in February. We will hear from guest speakers and work together to implement suggestions and ideas including those from the launch week sessions.
To join the network, email our Access & Participation Team at WideningAccess@aecc.ac.uk.
Everyone can offer something; from sharing their own experiences, their knowledge, and their ideas. All thoughts, suggestions and contributions are welcome. Please share your ideas on the form below leaving a contact email address, and we will be in touch as necessary.
If you need inspiration, please take a look at the outreach activities we have already run have planned for this year: Access and Participation Outreach.
We are committed to working with our students to plan, deliver and evaluate our Access and Participation work and we work with our Specialist Student Ambassadors to do this. If you are interested in becoming a Specialist Student Ambassador and supporting us with our outreach activities, please contact our Access & Participation Team at WideningAccess@aecc.ac.uk to express your interest in joining the team when we next recruit.
Our Student Services team offer support to students whether it’s academic or personal. Student Services are available to all students, all Schools and all years and our advisors will be happy to help you with any questions or queries.
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Our campuses in Bournemouth and London will be closed from 6pm Wednesday 24th December 2025, and will re-open at on Monday 5th January 2026.
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