Common use of Collaborative working Clause in Contracts

Collaborative working. 4.2.1 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ is committed to collaborative working to support widening participation and access in the broadest possible sense. We have demonstrated this through our role as lead partner for the London East Thames Gateway Aimhigher partnership, lead partner for the London Excellence Hub (which supported work with gifted and talented young people throughout London), and active member of the London West, Central and North Aimhigher partnership. We recognise the importance of these collaborative networks, which we have worked hard to build. We will commit resources to help maintain them, and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ will work with the schools, further education colleges, HEIs, local authorities and other organisations currently involved in Aimhigher to explore the best way to maintain formal and informal networks in London. To facilitate this, we are in discussion with the developers of AccessHE, a new social enterprise that is seeking to take forward some selected aspects of the collaborative and targeted programmes of the current Aimhigher partnerships in London. These discussions are taking place through our established regional membership association, London Higher. We will also explore other models for continued collaborative working at both a regional and sub-regional level. 4.2.2 We will continue to commit resources to collaborative work with charities and other external organisations involved in widening participation and access. This will include groups such as IntoUniversity, a well established programme that supports young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to progress to higher education, and Generating Genius, which seeks to encourage and develop talented students from under-represented backgrounds to aspire to professions in scientific research, medicine and engineering. We will also work in collaboration with the Social Mobility Foundation, an education charity that supports high achieving Year 12 students from low income backgrounds.