Common use of Monitoring and evaluation arrangements Clause in Contracts

Monitoring and evaluation arrangements. 7.1 The University will continue its policy of making admissions statistics publicly available, through the University of Cambridge Reporter and its web-site. Those statistics include data on the number of applications and acceptances by school type, region, gender, ethnicity and socio-economic classification. 7.2 The University’s adherence to this agreement and its progress in reaching the objectives indicated above will be monitored through the University’s Undergraduate Admissions Committee (jointly chaired by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) and the Secretary to the Colleges’ Senior Tutors Committee) which report to the principal University and Collegiate bodies. The Committee will take advice from the Admissions Forum, the intercollegiate body charged with managing undergraduate admissions and delivering agreed targets and objectives. The Undergraduate Admissions Committee will annually review application, offer and admission trends, particularly in respect of currently under- represented groups. It will also keep under review, and advise as necessary on the amendment of admissions and recruitment processes that have a bearing on securing a wide and diverse pool of well-qualified applicants. 7.3 Scrutiny of outreach activities will be undertaken by the Outreach Steering Group (reporting to the Undergraduate Admissions Committee) which will co-ordinate and prioritise those activities and review their effectiveness. The success of outreach activities (aside from those which are web-based or of a general aspiration-raising nature) will be monitored through analyses of qualitative evaluation and attendee and application data. 7.4 The University has identified specific groups that may be particularly affected by the new financial arrangements and so has prepared an Equality Assurance Assessment (EAA) in line with BIS guidance. The University will continue to consider any potential disproportionate or adverse impact on protected groups (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) periodically via the groups described above. 7.5 We will develop systems to capture outreach activity covering UK schools and colleges. This process will facilitate a co-ordinated approach to interaction with those schools and colleges and enable the effectiveness of outreach activities to be assessed through long-term data collection on each institution’s higher education applications, offers and admissions within both a Cambridge and a national context. 7.6 Post-entry reviews will be undertaken by continued analyses of retention rates and examination performances of relevant groups in comparison with those of the overall cohorts. 7.7 We will continue to monitor the ease with which students make the transition from school to university on a subject-by-subject basis. The University has in recent years invested in a Transkills 25 Ibid 26 ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇-trust-summer-schools/ Project to assist with this transition27. The personal attention paid to the needs of students through the Colleges will continue to enable prompt resolution of any individual difficulties.

Monitoring and evaluation arrangements. 7.1 8.1 The University will continue its policy of making admissions statistics publicly available, through the University of Cambridge Reporter and its web-site. Those statistics include data on the number of applications and acceptances by school type, region, gender, ethnicity and socio-economic classification. 7.2 8.2 The University’s adherence to this agreement and its progress in reaching the objectives indicated above will be monitored through the University’s Undergraduate Admissions Committee (jointly chaired by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) and the Secretary to the Colleges’ Senior Tutors Committee) which report to the principal University and Collegiate bodies. The Committee will take advice from the Admissions Forum, the intercollegiate body charged with managing undergraduate admissions and delivering agreed targets and objectives. The Undergraduate Admissions Committee will annually review application, offer and admission trends, particularly in respect of currently under- represented groups. It will also keep under review, and advise as necessary on the amendment of admissions and recruitment processes that have a bearing on securing a wide and diverse pool of well-qualified applicants. Each of these groups includes student representation. 7.3 8.3 The Cambridge bursary scheme and other financial support will be reviewed by the Undergraduate Admissions Committee through a specially tasked Cambridge Bursary Schemes Sub Group, which will monitor the operation and impact of schemes using annual reports and data analysis, and make recommendations as appropriate. 8.4 Scrutiny of outreach activities will be undertaken by the Outreach Steering Group (reporting to the Undergraduate Admissions Committee) which will co-ordinate and prioritise those activities and review their effectiveness. The success of outreach activities (aside from those which are web-based or of a general aspiration-raising nature) will be monitored through annual analyses of qualitative evaluation and attendee and application data. It will not be possible to routinely measure the wider benefit to the HE sector of Cambridge activity until measures are put in place at a national level to assist with quantitative evaluation. It is our intention to embed or grow those initiatives which make demonstrable progress towards their objectives. 7.4 8.5 The University has identified specific groups that may be particularly affected by the new financial arrangements and so has prepared an Equality Assurance Assessment (EAA) in line with BIS guidance. The University will continue to consider any potential disproportionate or adverse impact on protected groups (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) periodically via the groups described above. An Equality Assurance Assessment in relation to the University’s widening participation activities has been completed and approved by the University Equality Assurance Assessment Review Group to ensure that it fulfils its legal obligations in this area. It should be noted that national data regarding several protected characteristics does not exist, and so no comparisons can be made in any such assessment. 7.5 We will develop systems to capture outreach activity covering UK schools and colleges. This process will facilitate a co-ordinated approach to interaction with those schools and colleges and enable the effectiveness of outreach activities to be assessed through long-term data collection on each institution’s higher education applications, offers and admissions within both a Cambridge and a national context. 7.6 8.6 Post-entry reviews will be undertaken by continued analyses of retention rates and examination performances of relevant groups in comparison with those of the overall cohorts. 7.7 8.7 We will continue to monitor the ease with which students make the transition from school to university on a subject-by-subject basis. The University has in recent years invested in a Transkills 25 Ibid 26 ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇-trust-summer-schools/ Project to assist with this transition27transition. The personal attention paid to the needs of students through the Colleges will continue to enable prompt resolution of any individual difficulties.

Monitoring and evaluation arrangements. 7.1 The University will continue its policy of making admissions statistics publicly available, through the University of Cambridge Reporter and its web-siteweb‐site. Those statistics include data on the number of applications and acceptances by school type, region, gender, ethnicity and socio-economic socio‐economic classification. 7.2 The University’s adherence to this agreement and its progress in reaching the objectives indicated above will be monitored through the University’s Undergraduate Admissions Committee (jointly chaired by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor Pro‐Vice‐Chancellor (Education) and the Secretary to the Colleges’ Senior Tutors Committee) which report to the principal University and Collegiate bodies. The Committee will take advice from the Admissions Forum, the intercollegiate body charged with managing undergraduate admissions and delivering agreed targets and objectives. The Undergraduate Admissions Committee 19 HESA performance indicators 2008‐09, ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇?▇▇▇▇▇▇=▇▇▇_▇▇▇▇▇▇▇&▇▇▇▇=▇▇▇▇&▇▇=▇▇▇▇&▇▇▇▇▇▇=▇▇▇ 20 Ibid 21 ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇‐year‐review‐of‐▇▇▇▇▇▇‐trust‐summer‐schools/ will annually review application, offer and admission trends, particularly in respect of currently under- under‐ represented groups. It will also keep under review, and advise as necessary on the amendment of admissions and recruitment processes that have a bearing on securing a wide and diverse pool of well-qualified well‐qualified applicants. 7.3 Scrutiny of outreach activities will be undertaken by the Outreach Steering Group (reporting to the Undergraduate Admissions Committee) which will co-ordinate co‐ordinate and prioritise those activities and review their effectiveness. The success of outreach activities (aside from those which are web-based web‐based or of a general aspiration-raising aspiration‐raising nature) will be monitored through analyses of qualitative evaluation and attendee and application data. 7.4 The University has identified specific groups that may be particularly affected by the new financial arrangements and so has prepared an Equality Assurance Assessment (EAA) in line with BIS guidance. The University will continue to consider any potential disproportionate or adverse impact on protected groups (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) periodically via the groups described above. 7.5 We A database will develop systems to capture outreach activity covering UK schools and colleges. This process will facilitate a co-ordinated co‐ordinated approach to interaction with those schools and colleges and enable the effectiveness of outreach activities to be assessed through long-term long‐term data collection on each institution’s higher education applications, offers and admissions within both a Cambridge and a national context. 7.6 Post-entry Post‐entry reviews will be undertaken by continued analyses of retention rates and examination performances of relevant groups in comparison with those of the overall cohorts. 7.7 We will continue to monitor the ease with which students make the transition from school to university on a subject-by-subject subject‐by‐subject basis. The University has in recent years invested in a Transkills 25 Ibid 26 ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇-trust-summer-schools/ Project to assist with this transition27transition22. The personal attention paid to the needs of students through the Colleges will continue to enable prompt resolution of any individual difficulties.

Monitoring and evaluation arrangements. 7.1 The University will continue its policy of making admissions statistics publicly available, through the University of Cambridge Reporter and its web-site. Those statistics include data on the number of applications and acceptances by school type, region, gender, ethnicity and socio-economic classification. 7.2 The University’s adherence to this agreement and its progress in reaching the objectives indicated above will be monitored through the University’s Undergraduate Admissions Committee (jointly chaired by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) and the Secretary to the Colleges’ Senior Tutors Committee) which report to the principal University and Collegiate bodies. The Committee will take advice from the Admissions Forum, the intercollegiate body charged with managing undergraduate admissions and delivering agreed targets and objectives. The Undergraduate Admissions Committee will annually review application, offer and admission trends, particularly in respect of currently under- represented groups. It will also keep under review, and advise as necessary on the amendment of admissions and recruitment processes that have a bearing on securing a wide and diverse pool of well-qualified applicants. 7.3 Scrutiny of outreach activities will be undertaken by the Outreach Steering Group (reporting to the Undergraduate Admissions Committee) which will co-ordinate and prioritise those activities and review their effectiveness. The success of outreach activities (aside from those which are web-based or of a general aspiration-raising nature) will be monitored through analyses of qualitative evaluation and attendee and application data. 7.4 The University has identified specific groups that may be particularly affected by the new financial arrangements and so has prepared an Equality Assurance Assessment (EAA) in line with BIS guidance. The University will continue to consider any potential disproportionate or adverse impact on protected groups (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) periodically via the groups described above. 7.5 We will develop systems to capture outreach activity covering UK schools and colleges. This process will facilitate a co-ordinated approach to interaction with those schools and colleges and enable the effectiveness of outreach activities to be assessed through long-term data collection on each institution’s higher education applications, offers and admissions within both a Cambridge and a national context. 7.6 Post-entry reviews will be undertaken by continued analyses of retention rates and examination performances of relevant groups in comparison with those of the overall cohorts. 7.7 We will continue to monitor the ease with which students make the transition from school to university on a subject-by-subject basis. The University has in recent years invested in a Transkills 25 Ibid 26 ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇-trust-summer-schools/ Project to assist with this transition27transition22. The personal attention paid to the needs of students through the Colleges will continue to enable prompt resolution of any individual difficulties.

Monitoring and evaluation arrangements. 7.1 8.1 The University will continue its policy of making admissions statistics publicly available, through the University of Cambridge Reporter and its web-sitewebsite. Those statistics include data on the number of applications and acceptances by school type, region, gender, ethnicity and socio-economic classification. 7.2 8.2 The University’s adherence to this agreement and its progress in reaching the objectives indicated above will be monitored through the University’s Undergraduate Admissions Committee (jointly 57 “Output Area Classification 2011”, Sumnall Aug 2014. 58 HESA performance indicators 2011-12, ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇?▇▇▇▇▇▇=▇▇▇_▇▇▇▇▇▇▇&▇▇▇▇=▇▇▇▇&▇▇=▇▇▇▇&▇▇▇▇▇▇=▇▇▇, Table 3a. 59 Ibid. 60 The Higher Education Access Tracker, ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇ chaired by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) and the Associate Secretary to of the Colleges’ Senior Tutors CommitteeTutors’ Committee with responsibility for admissions) which report reports to the principal University and Collegiate bodies. The Committee will take advice from the Admissions Forum, the intercollegiate body charged with managing undergraduate admissions and delivering agreed targets and objectives. The Undergraduate Admissions Committee will annually review application, offer and admission trends, particularly in respect of currently under- under-represented groups. It will also keep under review, and advise as necessary on the amendment of of, admissions and recruitment processes that have a bearing on securing a wide and diverse pool of well-qualified applicants. Each of these groups includes student representation. 7.3 8.3 The Cambridge Bursary Scheme and other financial support will be reviewed by the Undergraduate Admissions Committee through a specially tasked Cambridge Bursary Scheme Sub Group, which will monitor the operation and impact of the scheme using annual reports and data analysis, and make recommendations as appropriate. 8.4 Scrutiny of outreach activities will be undertaken by the Outreach Steering Group (reporting to the Undergraduate Admissions Committee) ), which will co-ordinate and prioritise receives reports on those activities and review reviews their effectiveness. The success of outreach activities (aside from those which are web-based or of a general aspiration-raising nature) will be monitored through annual analyses of qualitative evaluation and attendee and application data. It will not be possible to measure routinely the wider benefit to the HE sector of Cambridge activity until measures are put in place at a national level to assist with quantitative evaluation. It is our intention to embed or grow those initiatives which make demonstrable progress towards their objectives. 7.4 8.5 The University has identified specific groups that may be particularly affected by the new financial arrangements higher tuition fees and so has prepared an Equality Assurance Assessment (EAA) in line with BIS guidance. The University will continue to consider any potential disproportionate or adverse impact on protected groups (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) periodically via the groups described above. An Equality Assurance Assessment in relation to the University’s widening participation activities has been completed and approved by the University Equality Assurance Assessment Review Group to ensure that it fulfils its legal obligations in this area. It should be noted that national data regarding several protected characteristics does not exist, and so no comparisons can be made in any such assessment. 7.5 We will develop systems to capture outreach activity covering UK schools and colleges. This process will facilitate a co-ordinated approach to interaction with those schools and colleges and enable the effectiveness of outreach activities to be assessed through long-term data collection on each institution’s higher education applications, offers and admissions within both a Cambridge and a national context. 7.6 8.6 Post-entry reviews will be undertaken by continued analyses of retention rates and examination performances of relevant groups in comparison with those of the overall cohorts. 7.7 8.7 We will continue to monitor the ease with which students make the transition from school to university on a subject-by-subject basis. The University has University’s Centre for Teaching and Learning61 working in recent years invested collaboration with Faculties, Departments and Colleges, is taking the lead on this and is considering the varying ways in a Transkills 25 Ibid 26 ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇-trust-summer-schools/ Project to assist with this transition27which technology can support first year students. The personal attention paid to the needs of students through the Colleges will continue to enable prompt resolution of any individual difficulties.

Monitoring and evaluation arrangements. 7.1 8.1 The University will continue its policy of making admissions statistics publicly available, through the University of Cambridge Reporter and its web-sitewebsite. Those statistics include data on the number of applications and acceptances by school type, region, gender, ethnicity and socio-economic classification. 7.2 8.2 The University’s adherence to this agreement and its progress in reaching the objectives indicated above will be monitored through the University’s Undergraduate Admissions Committee (jointly 57 “Output Area Classification 2011”, Sumnall Aug 2014. 58 HESA performance indicators 2011-12, ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇?▇▇▇▇▇▇=▇▇▇_▇▇▇▇▇▇▇&▇▇▇▇=▇▇▇▇&▇▇=▇▇▇▇&▇▇▇▇▇▇=▇▇▇, Table 3a. 59 Ibid. 60 The Higher Education Access Tracker, ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇ chaired by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) and the Associate Secretary to of the Colleges’ Senior Tutors CommitteeTutors’ Committee with responsibility for admissions) which report reports to the principal University and Collegiate bodies. The Committee will take advice from the Admissions Forum, the intercollegiate body charged with managing undergraduate admissions and delivering agreed targets and objectives. The Undergraduate Admissions Committee will annually review application, offer and admission trends, particularly in respect of currently under- under-represented groups. It will also keep under review, and advise as necessary on the amendment of of, admissions and recruitment processes that have a bearing on securing a wide and diverse pool of well-qualified applicants. Each of these groups includes student representation. 7.3 Scrutiny of outreach activities 8.3 The Cambridge Bursary Scheme and other financial support will be undertaken reviewed by the Outreach Steering Group (reporting to the Undergraduate Admissions Committee) Committee through a specially tasked Cambridge Bursary Scheme Sub Group, which will co-ordinate monitor the operation and prioritise those activities and review their effectiveness. The success of outreach activities (aside from those which are web-based or of a general aspiration-raising nature) will be monitored through analyses of qualitative evaluation and attendee and application data. 7.4 The University has identified specific groups that may be particularly affected by the new financial arrangements and so has prepared an Equality Assurance Assessment (EAA) in line with BIS guidance. The University will continue to consider any potential disproportionate or adverse impact on protected groups (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) periodically via the groups described above. 7.5 We will develop systems to capture outreach activity covering UK schools and colleges. This process will facilitate a co-ordinated approach to interaction with those schools and colleges and enable the effectiveness of outreach activities to be assessed through long-term data collection on each institution’s higher education applications, offers and admissions within both a Cambridge and a national context. 7.6 Post-entry reviews will be undertaken by continued analyses of retention rates and examination performances of relevant groups in comparison with those of the overall cohortsscheme using annual reports and data analysis, and make recommendations as appropriate. 7.7 We will continue to monitor the ease with which students make the transition from school to university on a subject-by-subject basis. The University has in recent years invested in a Transkills 25 Ibid 26 ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇-trust-summer-schools/ Project to assist with this transition27. The personal attention paid to the needs of students through the Colleges will continue to enable prompt resolution of any individual difficulties.

Monitoring and evaluation arrangements. 7.1 8.1 The University will continue its policy of making admissions statistics publicly available, through the University of Cambridge Reporter and its web-site. Those statistics include data on the number of applications and acceptances by school type, region, gender, ethnicity and socio-economic classification. 7.2 8.2 The University’s adherence to this agreement and its progress in reaching the objectives indicated above will be monitored through the University’s Undergraduate Admissions Committee (jointly chaired by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) and the Secretary to the Colleges’ Senior Tutors Committee) which report to the principal University and Collegiate bodies. The Committee will take advice from the Admissions Forum, the intercollegiate body charged with managing undergraduate admissions and delivering agreed targets and objectives. The Undergraduate Admissions Committee will annually review application, offer and admission trends, particularly in respect of currently under- represented groups. It will also keep under review, and advise as necessary on the amendment of admissions and recruitment processes that have a bearing on securing a wide and diverse pool of well-qualified applicants. Each of these groups includes student representation. 7.3 8.3 The Cambridge bursary scheme, National Scholarship Programme and other financial support will be reviewed by the Undergraduate Admissions Committee through a specially tasked Cambridge Bursary Schemes Sub Group, which will monitor the operation and impact of schemes using annual reports and data analysis, and make recommendations as appropriate. 8.4 Scrutiny of outreach activities will be undertaken by the Outreach Steering Group (reporting to the Undergraduate Admissions Committee) which will co-ordinate and prioritise those activities and review their effectiveness. The success of outreach activities (aside from those which are web-based or of a general aspiration-raising nature) will be monitored through annual analyses of qualitative evaluation and attendee and application data. It will not be possible to routinely measure the wider benefit to the HE sector of Cambridge activity until measures are put in place at a national level to assist with quantitative evaluation. It is our intention to embed or grow those initiatives which make demonstrable progress towards their objectives. 7.4 8.5 The University has identified specific groups that may be particularly affected by the new financial arrangements and so has prepared an Equality Assurance Assessment (EAA) in line with BIS guidance. The University will continue to consider any potential disproportionate or adverse impact on protected groups (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) periodically via the groups described above, and is currently drafting a further Equality Assurance Assessment in relation to its widening participation activities to ensure that it fulfils its legal obligations in this area. It should be noted that national data regarding several protected characteristics does not exist, and so no comparisons can be made in any such assessment. 7.5 We will develop systems to capture outreach activity covering UK schools and colleges. This process will facilitate a co-ordinated approach to interaction with those schools and colleges and enable the effectiveness of outreach activities to be assessed through long-term data collection on each institution’s higher education applications, offers and admissions within both a Cambridge and a national context. 7.6 8.6 Post-entry reviews will be undertaken by continued analyses of retention rates and examination performances of relevant groups in comparison with those of the overall cohorts. 7.7 8.7 We will continue to monitor the ease with which students make the transition from school to university on a subject-by-subject basis. The University has in recent years invested in a Transkills 25 Ibid 26 ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇-trust-summer-schools/ Project to assist with this transition27transition32. The personal attention paid to the needs of students through the Colleges will continue to enable prompt resolution of any individual difficulties.