Future Approach to Access, Success and Progress Measures Sample Clauses

Future Approach to Access, Success and Progress Measures. Notwithstanding the unprecedented level of turbulence, we remain steadfastly committed to our mission to deliver opportunity for all and expect the majority of our students to continue to come from widening access priority groups. Our primary objective therefore is to maintain our focus on recruiting and supporting students from a diverse range of backgrounds both to maximise their potential at University and to progress into graduate level employment or further study to enhance their life chances. In identifying our future priorities, we have undertaken analysis of our past performance and considered both the internally and externally available evidence on the effectiveness of different forms of financial support; we have also considered the external environment within which we are likely to be operating, including the competitive environment and the likely impact on student numbers and on the potential for growth. On the basis of this analysis, we have identified our future strategic priorities and, through our Performance Indicators, those areas where we feel we can make the most significant contribution. As can be seen from the proposed balance of spend in the Resource Plan, the activities we will undertake and our performance indicators, we will seek to achieve a balance between access, success and progress and will configure our financial support in pursuit of these objectives. In what we anticipate to be challenging circumstances, we remain committed to maintaining our position as a provider of higher education for students from low participation neighbourhoods; we will also maintain our commitment to supporting access to Care Leavers and to disabled students, including those with SpLD. We will add as priority groups, young, white, working class men; black and minority ethnic students and estranged students (including establishing a baseline from which to measure the latter). In addition, given our commitment to supporting access from these groups (and the expectation that the majority of our students will continue to come from widening access priority groups in any event), we will place a greater emphasis on supporting retention, attainment and opportunities for progression into graduate level employment. In deciding how to configure our financial support package, we have considered the evidence of the relative effectiveness of the NSP, as compared to the Access to Learning Fund and our own Hardship Fund. In light of this, as detailed in our last A...