The Foundation Year Network is a special interest group for all staff involved in the delivery of foundation year (year 0) provision within UK HE or FE institutions.
Foundation years frequently cater for cohorts of students with very diverse backgrounds including mature students and those without the traditional qualifications for HE entry. Many programmes play a substantial role in widening participation in HE to traditionally under-represented groups of learners.
The Foundation Year Network exists to encourage the sharing of good practice and data between institutions and practitioners to enhance the delivery of these programmes.
The Foundation Year Network holds an annual meeting for members and hosts a wiki and email list for data sharing.
To join the JISC email list click on the link in the right hand column of this page. On the list homepage click on the link labelled: join or leave the list (or change settings). Follow ths instructions to request membership of the list.
For access to the FYNetwork wiki please click on the link in the right hand column of this page. On the wiki login page click on the Request Access button to ask for permsision to join the group. Please indicate the name of your institution on the form so we can verify your request.
The FYNetwork hosts a members-only wiki where you can share and access data about foundation years, post files and see documents and presentations from previous annual meetings. To access the wiki click here.
The FYNetwork hosts a JISC email list for group mailings. To access the JISC list click here.
The development of this website was partially supported by a special interest group grant from the Engineering Subject Centre.
Webmaster: fynetwrk@soton.ac.uk Last updated July 2008.