Common use of Milestones and targets Clause in Contracts

Milestones and targets. This document reflects the institution’s own analysis of its performance against the targets and milestones that it set itself in its access agreement for 2010-11. OFFA considered it as part of our holistic consideration of the institution's progress against its access agreement; we also took into account the other information provided in the monitoring return, the institution's general performance on widening participation, and our knowledge of its access agreement and previous monitoring rounds. For further information about monitoring performance against milestones and targets, please see part four of the report, Access agreement and widening participation strategic assessment monitoring: Outcomes for 2010-11. Table 1 contains a report from the institution on its progress against the milestones it set itself in its access agreement relating to 2010-11. Table 1a): This shows statistical milestones/targets relating to the institution’s applicants, entrants or student body – e.g. those based on HESA, Ucas or similar data that the institution uses to measure the outcomes of its widening participation work. Table 1b): This shows other milestones and targets that the institution chose to include. These typically relate to outreach, lifelong learning, or institutional mission and targets. Table 2 sets out the HESA performance indicators for young entrants covering state school, social class (National Statistics Socio-economic Classification – NS-SEC) and low participation neighbourhoods (LPN). These are reproduced to provide a context for the institution’s overall performance. Please note that 2010-11 performance indicators are now also available; however, these had not been published at the time institutions were submitting their monitoring returns and are not presented here. For more information on HESA performance indicators, see xxx.xxxx.xx.xx/xx. Table 3 provides the institution’s commentary on its progress. Specifically, we invited institutions to: - comment on the level of progress made against their access agreement targets - set the figures in some context, for example, if there were any external factors which may have influenced them - provide explanations where they did not meet targets or where progress was less than anticipated.

Milestones and targets. This document reflects the institution’s own analysis of its performance against the targets and milestones that it set itself in its access agreement for 2010-11. OFFA considered it as part of our holistic consideration of the institution's progress against its access agreement; we also took into account the other information provided in the monitoring return, the institution's general performance on widening participation, and our knowledge of its access agreement and previous monitoring rounds. For further information about monitoring performance against milestones and targets, please see part four of the report, Access agreement and widening participation strategic assessment monitoringmoniotoring: Outcomes for 2010-11. Table 1 contains a report from the institution on its progress against the milestones it set itself in its access agreement relating to 2010-11. Table 1a): This shows statistical milestones/targets relating to the institution’s applicants, entrants or student body – e.g. those based on HESA, Ucas or similar data that the institution uses to measure the outcomes of its widening participation work. Table 1b): This shows other milestones and targets that the institution chose to include. These typically relate to outreach, lifelong learning, or institutional mission and targets. Table 2 sets out the HESA performance indicators for young entrants covering state school, social class (National Statistics Socio-economic Classification – NS-SEC) and low participation neighbourhoods (LPN). These are reproduced to provide a context for the institution’s overall performance. Please note that 2010-11 performance indicators are now also available; however, these had not been published at the time institutions were submitting their monitoring returns and are not presented here. For more information on HESA performance indicators, see xxx.xxxx.xx.xx/xx. Table 3 provides the institution’s commentary on its progress. Specifically, we invited institutions to: - comment on the level of progress made against their access agreement targets - set the figures in some context, for example, if there were any external factors which may have influenced them - provide explanations where they did not meet targets or where progress was less than anticipated.