This study, addressing health and social care progression to HE, was funded by MOVE and Aimhigher Norfolk. The project identified students, who had not progressed from level 3 to level 4 courses, in order to offer them further guidance. This process was not straightforward; it was a key finding of the project that current data management practices in post-16 education made it difficult to adequately trace learner outcomes. However, a number of learners who were contacted were keen to make use of the guidance offered. Project aims also focussed on the type of qualifications held by learners on level 4 courses at local institutions. However, the ways in which data are recorded by government-funded agencies (UCAS, HEFCE, HESA) for statistical purposes do not currently facilitate the identification of exact qualifications used by students to progress from FE to HE.

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