Institutional milestones and objectives. ▪ The main objective is to enable students to access HE programmes at the college. ▪ Finance should not be a barrier to prospective students. ▪ The college wishes to maintain its current levels of participation from under-represented groups. N.B. 79% of students are from deprived postcode areas. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Vice Principal
Institutional milestones and objectives. The proposals outlined in this Access Agreement have been made on the basis that the University of Reading fully supports the concept of widening participation through fair access, and that its focus on meeting state-school recruitment and other fair access indicators must continue to be maintained, but that these priorities must be seen in the context of student anxiety regarding debt. For these reasons, the University has chosen to invest a substantial amount of its additional fee income into the Standard Bursary and associated fair access bursaries, and to developing existing and instigating new outreach activities. The University Corporate Plan assumes a 1% reduction annually in the number of UK/EU students, relative to HEFCE contract numbers, for the period of the plan (2004-2009) or until the HEFCE cap is lifted. The current assumption is that by the end of the planning period, student numbers will be at a level which can be regarded as stable and sustainable into the future. The Institutional Milestones outlined below reflect this approach. Milestones associated with Fair Access Bursaries
Institutional milestones and objectives. Through its additional bursaries, financial support schemes and outreach work, the College aims to increase participation in its courses by the following groups, which are under-represented in the College’s Higher Education courses and/or in HE across the UK as a whole.
Institutional milestones and objectives. The College will utilise the following milestones and objectives in relation to its full- time Higher Education provision, which fall under this access agreement : • Recruitment targets: meet the planned recruitment target onto each full-time HE course. • Retention targets: to improve retention on Higher Education courses by 2% year on year. • Widening participation: to meet the planned target of 27% for the proportion of students coming from the widening participation categories, from the current base line of 25% for 2004/05. The figure to increase by two percentage points in each of the subsequent years of the agreement.
Institutional milestones and objectives. Loughborough College has established milestones and objectives in relation to its higher education provision falling under this and previous access agreements. These include: Students in the 16-30 age ranges. The target group is students studying within the East Midlands in sixth forms and colleges of FE through our NCOP partnerships with targeted interventions for priority groups, including white working class males. Increased progression into the college HE provision from internally progressing students. Increased progression into the college HE Provision from work-based learners taking level 3 awards. Increased mature, part-time/distance and blended learning students seek to change careers or re-enter the workforce. Increased the numbers of HE students enrolled and registered/declared disabled at the time of registration and enrolment. Increased the numbers of women studying technology (STEM) programmes. In 2017/18 we added targets in line with OFFA priorities, including BME participation and achievement. This will be supported by our on-going investment in HE Academic Tutors, and lever 3 achievement scholarships for FT and PT students. We will work collaboratively with our partners in NCOP to support targeted activities in schools.
Institutional milestones and objectives. Loughborough College has established milestones and objectives in relation to its higher education provision falling under this access agreement. These include: Targets for increasing the proportion of students form widening participation cohorts Recruitment targets following the ending of the Student Number Control in 2015-16 Retention targets Progression targets form Level 3 to HE and from Level 5 to level 6 These targets are discussed in the accompanying tables will be monitored as part of the College’s normal business planning processes.
Institutional milestones and objectives. The institution has established the following milestones and objectives in relation to its higher education provision falling under this access agreement. • To meet the planned target intake for recruitment to each HE programme at Certificate, Intermediate and Honours level • To work towards an annual retention target of 90% on all HE programmes • To further develop internal progression routes from level 3 programmes to achieve a target of 20% • To achieve a target of 50% of successful Foundation Degree students progressing on to Honours level top up programmes • To continue to meet and further expand widening participation targets for the proportion of HE students being recruited from these categories, and continue to monitor the proportion of students who are in receipt of full state support and seek to maintain this proportion over the course of this agreement Monitoring Arrangements Day to day monitoring of Access Agreement will be undertaken by the Director of Higher Education and the Director of Finance as members of the Senior Management Team. Internal monitoring will take place by the Higher education Review Board and Academic Board, who will review the effectiveness and success of the College’s widening participation strategy and report on this to the Corporate Governing Body. Financial Analysis See Annex A and B
Institutional milestones and objectives. The institution has established the following milestones and objectives in relation to its higher education provision falling under this access agreement. • Currently the College has around 57% Higher Education students who fall within the widening participation category (defining this as those students currently in receipt of government financial support). The aim is to increase this to a milestone of 60%. • To meet the planned target intake for recruitment to each HE programme at Certificate, Intermediate and Honours level • To work towards a retention target of 90% on all HE programmes • To further develop internal progression routes from level 3 programmes to achieve a target of 20% • To achieve a target of 60% of Foundation Degree achieveing students progressing on to Honours level top up programmes Monitoring Arrangements Day to day monitoring of Access Agreement will be undertaken by the Xxxx of Higher Education Quality and Development as a member of the Senior Management Team. Internal monitoring will take place by the HE Forum and Academic Board who will review the appropriateness and success of the College’s widening participation strategy and report on this to the Corporate Governing Body. STUDENT BURSARIES: Financial Analysis £000 £000 £000 Income Top Up fee (£2,500 - £1,200) £1,300 x 1,000 (estimated number of F/T students) 1,300 1,300 Expenditure Standard Bursaries refund of fees paid at end of year based upon achievement 600 students (60%) x £500 (in receipt of state support) Student Bursaries for other students based on retention and achievement criteria 300 150 Additional bursaries to support Access Funds 100 Specific bursaries c20 students x £5,000 (max) 100 Outreach activities 20 Improved data systems/destination data/alumni arrangements 50 Bursary administration 20 Improved career advice 10 Extension of student support network 30 Investment in specialised resources 250 Further enhancement of HE facilities/environment 220 Staff enrichment 50 1,300
Institutional milestones and objectives. The institution has set the following milestones and objectives in relating to this Access Agreement: • Recruitment targets for 2008/09 as set out in the College Strategic Plan and Higher Education Strategy. Our target for 2008/09 is to have over 750 FTEs • Retention targets of 85% in each year of all courses • Achievement rates of 80% of starters for all courses • An annual internal progression rate from full time FE vocational level 3 programmes of 15% of completers, especially from underrepresented groups • An annual internal progression rate from HND and Foundation Degree completers onto articulating honours degree programmes of at least 50%. • A strategy to meet the planned target for the proportion of students coming from the widening participation categories. Currently around 33% of our intake fall into the bottom 2 quartiles for educational achievement and HE participation, as derived from our ILR and HEIFS returns. While this figure is already high due to the nature of our institution and its policies, our target figure for 2006/07 is for this to exceed 40% • To develop new products and programmes as appropriate to support the principles of the Access Agreement
Institutional milestones and objectives. Widening participation
