Monitoring Arrangements. We will monitor the progress of the Access Agreement at least once a year through the Finance Group who will report annually to the Main Management Committee. Initial monitoring will be concerned with the participation rates and the development data on lower income and other under represented groups. When specific baselines, targets and milestones are determined, we will look to monitor against these.
Monitoring Arrangements. In accordance with the Department’s policy on the monitoring of governance arrangements in relation to the organisations within its remit, the PSRA will meet with the Department twice yearly, or more frequently if required by the Department, to provide an update on developments and achievement of targets as set out in this Agreement. The PSRA undertakes to return:
Monitoring Arrangements. The implementation of this agreement will be monitored through twice yearly, or more if required, governance meetings between IFCO and the Civil Governance Function in the Department to provide an update on developments and achievement of targets set out in this agreement. IFCO undertakes to submit all relevant and appropriately detailed performance information in line with indicators and timeframes agreed with the Department in order to • Enable monitoring • Advise of any changes necessary and how best to address these • Provide relevant performance information for the Revised Estimates process.
Monitoring Arrangements. Progress and success of these arrangements is subject to operational quarterly monitoring activity by a group chaired by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor linked to a review cycle appropriate to the nature of individual milestones. This group will prepare a formal annual monitoring report for consideration by the Board of Governors and the Academic Board.
Monitoring Arrangements. 3.1 The Council will employ a Contract Operations Officer who will manage the relationships between Prescribing Teams, the Service Provider and the Partners.
Monitoring Arrangements. An annual report on performance in widening participation will be submitted to the Fees, Bursaries and Scholarships Group, chaired by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Director of Finance. The report will set out the University’s performance against the HEFCE location adjusted benchmarks, and will evaluate the University’s performance on the AimHigher activities listed in section d) above. The Group will agree actions to be taken including changes to the AimHigher activities.
Monitoring Arrangements. The Access Agreement and associated Widening Participation Strategy will be monitored through the corporate plan and annual operating statement and through the University’s committee structure. Regular reports will be made to the University’s Learning and Quality Committee which has a particular responsibility for learning enhancement and student achievement. The Fees and Financial Support Group and the Student Finance and Financial Support Section of the Office of Student Affairs will also play a key role in monitoring activities. Annex Extract from: University of Greenwich Widening Participation Strategy Introduction Participation with success is the primary goal of the University’s Widening Participation Strategy. This recognises that widening access to higher education only has value if those students who are recruited into the University progress and succeed in their studies. A major aim is to ensure that efforts for widening participation are embedded in all areas of work, that barriers to participation and achievement are successfully identified and removed, and that good practice, both within and outside the University, is used to evaluate and enhance provision. The University’s strategy takes the student life cycle as an organising concept to ensure a holistic, integrated and efficient approach. One of the key elements of the University’s work in widening participation is to create a mechanism whereby both young and mature learners have access to a relatively seamless pattern of contact, raising aspirations, enhancing access and widening choice at different stages. Research has shown that progression and access routes to higher education are complex involving both lateral and vertical progression and thus it is important for such diversity to be reflected in the University’s approach. This is particularly evident in the development of a progression curriculum creating links with the University at each learning stage for young people through from upper primary to higher education entry, and also embraces post –entry support though a focus on participation with success and subsequent employment. Adopting the student life cycle as an organising concept relates closely to the University’s mission commitment on nurturing excellence, with the first level of study focused on nurturing learning, the second on consolidation of the learning experience and the third on the development of independence in learning. The strategy encompasses both activities for ...
Monitoring Arrangements. The Director of Higher Education & Skills will present Access Agreement bi-annual reports to the College Senior Leadership Team on the progress of the milestones. Monitoring information will be provided through the HEFCE and OFFA Student Access Agreement and Student Opportunities Assessment monitoring process. HE fees and Access Agreement revision will be scrutinised by the College’s Senior Leadership Team and validated by the College’s governing body. The HE action plan will outline areas for development and improvement at a college and curriculum level that will provide the HE student data for the monitoring of Access Agreement milestones. The HE action plan and HE Strategy will be monitored and reported on by the HE Department. The annual Student Opportunity and Access Agreement Assessment will be undertaken by the Director of Higher Education & Skills working with the Director of Funding and Contracts. Changes in HE fees and bursaries will be approved and validated at a full governing body board to meet the annual OFFA Access Agreement submission process.
Monitoring Arrangements. 8.1 We will formally monitor the progress of the access agreement at least once a year through our Board. Initial monitoring will be concerned with participation rates and the development of data on lower income groups and recruitment from ethnic minority groups and men against which to monitor. When specific baselines, targets, and milestones are determined we will look to monitor against these.
Monitoring Arrangements. The University’s Access Agreement, along with supporting strategies and policies, will be reviewed regularly and at least on an annual basis by the Senate Steering Committee, prior to consideration by the Senate and the Council. At an operational level, the delivery of the University’s widening participation activity and progress towards the specific milestones included in the Access Agreement will be monitored by the Head of Student Admissions and Widening Participation and the Centre for Lifelong Learning in conjunction with the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning and International Affairs). Extensive review of admissions, in-take and retention data is integrated within the University’s quality assurance and equal opportunities frameworks.
