We will explore, qualitatively, the perceptions and experiences of BME and White students both at Leeds Met and in our partner FE colleges in the Regional University Network (RUN). Emerging evidence suggests that students with highly elaborated ‘Possible Selves’ are more likely to set higher career goals, put actions in place, and, overall, achieve better graduate outcomes than students who have under-developed future possible selves, or whose orientation lies in the present rather than the future. Previous possible selves literature highlights the significance of gendered and racial differences in students’ stances towards an achievable future. We have, therefore, focused explicitly on diversity and the intersections of race, gender and class will be interrogated throughout the project.

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The project aims to develop a Wales-wide Welsh Medium electronic resource for the development of skills in social scientific research methods. While both Bangor and Aberystwyth have provided teaching in Welsh in relevant fields for several years, the range and quality of resources available in Welsh does not compare to those available in English. Indeed for some topics there are no resources at all available in Welsh. The aim of this project is by focusing on a core set of social science skills in Welsh to provide a resource to support Welsh speaking students, who may be studying all, part or none of their course in Welsh. Following the successful completion of the project a set of online resources focusing on qualitative and quantitative research methods will be available in Welsh through ‘Y Porth’. These resources will be used by teaching staff around Wales to enhance bilingual provision in Schools and Departments where teaching is already undertaken in part in Welsh, and to encourage Welsh speaking students in Schools and Departments where no teaching takes place in Welsh to develop their higher level bilingual skills.

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