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Monitoring and evaluation arrangements. This section details how the measures set out in the Agreement (including collaborative work) are monitored and evaluated. Statistical measures will be monitored on an annual basis by the Planning Office as part of the analysis of the HESA return and HESA Performance Indicators. Collaborative targets will be monitored via the Higher Education Access Tracker (HEAT). Canterbury Xxxxxx Church University is a founding member of the collaborative Higher Education Access Tracker Service (HEAT) that assists members in the targeting, monitoring and evaluation of both their individual and their collaborative Fair Access activities. It allows member universities to demonstrate outreach participation in relation to success at key transition point, collectively explore best practice in combining qualitative and quantitative research on outreach and in the future, perhaps, facilitate the development of collaborative targets. Membership of the HEAT service assists Canterbury Xxxxxx Church University in fully understanding patterns of participation in outreach and the effectiveness of different types and combinations of outreach, something which is made possible by the collaborative nature of the service. Individual members use the HEAT database to record outreach activity and can see where individuals have engaged in activities with more than one HEAT university. Collectively this allows the central HEAT service to analyse the timing and combinations of activities that show most impact on enrolment in HE. It can take some time for data about young participants in outreach to mature to the point of understanding their patterns of enrolment in HE as well as their retention and success rates. In the meantime, the HEAT service has developed a model of matching a number of different administrative datasets to the HEAT database which will afford the University a better understanding of the relationship between outreach and key educational outcomes at both pre and post 16, before any enrolment takes place. The collective size and diversity of the database will mean this relationship can be explored against multiple participant characteristics, contributing to the University and the sector's understanding of outcomes for different underrepresented groups and recognising that widening participation students are not a homogenous group. Where HEAT data has matured it allows the University to understand the relationship between outreach participation and HE access, success (retention and attainment) and progression. We are able to see if and when our outreach participants enrol in HE. Crucially these data show enrolment not only to Canterbury Xxxxxx Church University but to all other HEIs. This allows us to demonstrate our contribution to the sector as a whole. Furthermore, as data has matured, the University can now build a picture of the retention and degree classification of our outreach participants, as well as seeing destination data. For the first time in 2016/17, the HEAT service will also be able to show members postgraduate enrolment data. We are delighted to see that the tracking of our targeted students over a number of years is starting to reveal some encouraging data across access, success and progression. As part of our ongoing commitment to building a robust evaluation framework and to better measure the impact of support on our current student population, the University is increasing its investment in student success, specifically to create a new full time post to oversee the evaluation of its targeted success and progression activity and financial support.

Monitoring and evaluation arrangements. This section details how Our SASS (Strategy for Access and Student Success) Committee continues to be the central point for monitoring and evaluating the access and student success interventions at the University. Their work will be enhanced by monitoring the impact of the measures set out described above on all students and also the specific groups of students identified. Access, retention, completion, outcomes and employment data will be used to interrogate work at Faculty, Directorate and University level. Student evaluation data derived from internal and external surveys will also be used. The SASS Committee is representative of the whole University (including all Directors of Student Experience and the Students’ Union) and will receive reports from each section on progress with interventions and their impact and action plans. The SASS Committee is a sub-committee of the University’s Student Experience Committee which in turn reports to Academic Council through to University Court of Governors where the Access Agreement and updates are received and scrutinised. The SASS group also has strong links with other University committees, for example, the Equality and Diversity Committee where targets associated with BME students are monitored. These are reported into the SASS committee for information and action. The Equality and Diversity Committee evaluates the performance of groups identified in the Agreement (including collaborative work) are monitored Equality Act 2010 and evaluatedpromotes inclusion across the institution. Statistical measures will be monitored on an annual basis Chaired by the Planning Office as part Director of Human Resources, this committee also reports into the analysis University Student Experience Committee and Academic Council ensuring that senior managers have oversight and strategic management of equality and diversity. The increased use of data has enabled the HESA return SASS committee to use an evidence-based approach to evaluate the performance of specific groups across the University and HESA Performance Indicatorswithin each Faculty. Collaborative This has led to the generation of new targets will be monitored via for this Access Agreement that identify the Higher Education Access Tracker (HEAT)under-performance of specific groups that are classified with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. Canterbury Xxxxxx Church In relation to outreach the University is a founding member of the collaborative Higher Education Access Tracker Service (HEAT) that which assists members in the targeting, monitoring and evaluation of evaluating both their individual and their collaborative Fair Access fair access activities. It allows member universities us to demonstrate outreach participation in relation to success at key transition pointpoints, collectively explore exploring best practice in combining qualitative and quantitative research on outreach and in the future, perhaps, facilitate facilitating the development of our collaborative targetswork in this area. Membership of the HEAT service assists Canterbury Xxxxxx Church University in us to fully understanding understand the patterns of participation in outreach and the effectiveness of different types and combinations of outreach, something which is made possible by the collaborative nature of the service. Individual members We use the HEAT database to record outreach activity and can see where individuals have engaged in activities with more than one HEAT university. Collectively this allows the central HEAT service to analyse the timing and combinations of activities that show most impact on enrolment in HE. It can take some time for data about young participants in outreach to mature to the point of understanding their patterns of enrolment in HE as well as their retention and success rates. In the meantime, the HEAT service has developed a model of matching a number of different administrative datasets to the HEAT database which will afford the University a better understanding of the relationship between outreach and key educational outcomes at both pre and post 16, before any enrolment takes place. The collective size and diversity of the database will mean this relationship can be explored against multiple participant characteristics, contributing to the University and the sector's understanding of outcomes for different underrepresented groups and recognising that widening participation students are not a homogenous group. Where HEAT data has matured it allows the University to understand the relationship between outreach participation and HE access, success (retention and attainment) and progression. We are able to see if and when our outreach participants enrol in HE. Crucially these data show enrolment not only to Canterbury Xxxxxx Church University but to all other HEIs. This allows us to demonstrate our contribution to the sector as a whole. Furthermore, as data has matured, the University can now build a picture of the retention and degree classification of our outreach participants, as well as seeing destination data. For the first time in 2016/17, the HEAT service will also be able to show members postgraduate enrolment data. We are delighted to see that the tracking of our targeted students over a number of years is starting to reveal some encouraging data across access, success and progression. As part of our ongoing commitment to building a robust evaluation framework and to better measure the impact of support on our current student population, the University is increasing its investment in student success, specifically to create a new full time post to oversee the evaluation of its targeted success and progression activity and financial support.

Monitoring and evaluation arrangements. This section details how Although our monitoring and evaluation work is led by senior managers at the measures set out University, it cuts across a range of strategic committees such as the Student Experience Committee and the Learning, Quality and Standards Committee, ensuring connectivity across the institution. Following a review of the student experience committee, it has been agreed that the monitoring and evaluation of the trends and activity germane to the Access Agreement must also be the responsibility of the Learning, Quality and Standards Committee (LQSC). The LQSC is responsible for academic quality, standards, outcomes, policy and interventions. Thus, henceforth, this committee will receive reports relevant to the Access Agreement, and respond as appropriate. The availability of valid, reliable and credible data is key to understanding and improving performance. UoG is at the forefront of learning analytics work, embracing the potential benefits for students in particular. We have worked in partnership with academics and students to develop a range of resources, including a data warehouse and business intelligence system, a sophisticated student records system, performance dashboards, and an in-house student analytics eco-system (SAE). Available to all staff, these accessible resources enable an evidence-based, proactive approach to the Agreement enhancement of learning and teaching. A full programme of work, overseen by the senior University staff has been established to understand the barriers to success facing these students, and in particular the intersectional issues. The principal intervention to date has been a drive to recruit more minority ethnic mentors and to engage employers in encouraging greater involvement with placements and internships. Our work in this area is paying dividends, our XXXX students, especially those students who enter the University with lower tariff scores, with a foundation degree or with other undergraduate qualifications, are achieving first and 2:1 degrees at a level that is above expectation when benchmarked against the rest of the sector. For 2018-19 we are deploying an Impact Officer who will have responsibility to develop our monitoring and evaluation strategy for the university’s access and success projects. Their role will be to have oversight of the access, success, retention and progression projects to assess their impact. Our SASS (Strategy for Access and Student Success) Committee continues to be the central point for monitoring and evaluating the progress with the interventions aligned to the access agreement at the University. The SASS Committee is representative of the whole University (including collaborative workall Directors of Student Experience and the Students’ Union) are monitored and evaluatedwill receive reports from each section on progress with interventions and their impact and action plans. Statistical measures will be monitored on an annual basis by the Planning Office as part It is a sub-committee of the analysis University’s Student Experience Committee which in turn reports to Academic Council through to University Court of Governors where the HESA return Access Agreement, evaluation and HESA Performance Indicatorsmonitoring are scrutinised. Collaborative targets will be monitored via To track the success of our outreach the University subscribes to the Higher Education and Access Tracker (HEAT). Canterbury Xxxxxx Church University is a founding member of the collaborative Higher Education Access Tracker Service (HEAT) that service which assists members in the targeting, monitoring and evaluation of evaluating both their individual and their collaborative Fair Access fair access activities. It allows member universities us to demonstrate outreach participation in relation to success at key transition pointpoints, collectively explore exploring best practice in combining qualitative and quantitative research on outreach and in the future, perhaps, facilitate facilitating the development of our collaborative targetswork in this area. Membership All of these arrangements plus the HEAT service assists Canterbury Xxxxxx Church University enhancements described will be in fully understanding patterns of participation in outreach and the effectiveness of different types and combinations of outreach, something which is made possible by the collaborative nature of the service. Individual members use the HEAT database to record outreach activity and can see where individuals have engaged in activities with more than one HEAT university. Collectively this allows the central HEAT service to analyse the timing and combinations of activities that show most impact on enrolment in HE. It can take some time place for data about young participants in outreach to mature to the point of understanding their patterns of enrolment in HE as well as their retention and success rates. In the meantime, the HEAT service has developed a model of matching a number of different administrative datasets to the HEAT database which will afford the University a better understanding of the relationship between outreach and key educational outcomes at both pre and post 16, before any enrolment takes place. The collective size and diversity of the database will mean this relationship can be explored against multiple participant characteristics, contributing to the University and the sector's understanding of outcomes for different underrepresented groups and recognising that widening participation students are not a homogenous group. Where HEAT data has matured it allows the University to understand the relationship between outreach participation and HE access, success (retention and attainment) and progression. We are able to see if and when our outreach participants enrol in HE. Crucially these data show enrolment not only to Canterbury Xxxxxx Church University but to all other HEIs. This allows us to demonstrate our contribution to the sector as a whole. Furthermore, as data has matured, the University can now build a picture of the retention and degree classification of our outreach participants, as well as seeing destination data. For the first time in 2016/17, the HEAT service will also be able to show members postgraduate enrolment data. We are delighted to see that the tracking of our targeted students over a number of years is starting to reveal some encouraging data across access, success and progression. As part of our ongoing commitment to building a robust evaluation framework and to better measure the impact of support on our current student population, the University is increasing its investment in student success, specifically to create a new full time post to oversee the evaluation of its targeted success and progression activity and financial support2018-19.