2025/26 Evaluation Report Out Now

The summary report for evaluation at Higher Horizons 2025/26 has landed. It is another successful year with us more certain than ever of ‘what works’ in university outreach. In it we draw out the key figures but also home in on three of our standard programmes – the Uni Facts Mini Programme, the Student Life Campus Visit, and the Exam Prep Mini Programme.

These programmes are examples from each activity theme we offer at Higher Horizons – INFORM(i.e. IAG), EXPERIENCE (i.e. campus visits and interaction with HE learning), and ENABLE (i.e. skills development and attainment raising) . Each of these, overall and repeatedly, produce positive shifts in the learners who attend them.

We celebrate other key achievements in the evaluation sphere, including the qualitative report on what learners ask about HE which can be found on this website here. This is complemented by quotes from teachers telling us about the quality and impact of the activities we deliver.

Higher Horizons remains a solid contributor to the evidence base of HE outreach and we take pride in the quality of our evaluation. It is all done, however, on the shoulders of diligent admins, expert practitioners, experienced deliverers, and dedicated teachers, without whom none of it would be possible.

The report is here – thank you to everyone who makes it possible.