About Us

In 1997 a small group of Higher Education Access officers formed the Access Made Accessible (AMA) Network. The aim of the network is to share ideas, to inform policy and practice and to widen participation to higher education for young adults from under represented socio-economic groups. There are 21 institutional members nationwide, including Universities, Institutes of Technology, Colleges of Further Education and other Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).

AMA believes that each institutional Access Office brings a different set of skills to projects and this shared knowledge base benefits all AMA members in promoting and achieving wider participation of young adults to higher education. The network builds on the collective experience of it's members; highlights achievements to date; provides a forum to share models of good practice and creates a platform to facilitate the discussion of access issues. It is hoped this website will be a useful tool for practitioners to deliver on the access agenda into the next generation.