Common use of Retention Rates Clause in Contracts

Retention Rates. The Conservatoire’s retention rates for undergraduate progression from Year 1 to Year 2 for Scots domiciled full-time undergraduate students (as derived from HESA) over the last 4 years are: The Conservatoire’s overall progression rates (i.e. an internal measure of those eligible to progress or to graduate in any one year) for Scots domiciled full-time undergraduate students over the last 3 years are: We remain committed to the maintenance of those excellent progression and retention rates, which we view as evidence of the excellence of our learning environment, and we will maintain an overall progression and retention rate of at least 95% for 2017/18. Our aim in respect of progression and retention of students from SIMD 20/40 postcodes is the same as for the whole student population i.e. at least 95%. For 2017/18, our objective will be to:  Achieve an overall progression and retention rate of at least 95%. Since entering the NSS in 2012/13, our satisfaction rates have shown minor fluctuation. We will continue to monitor action plans annually in order to address specific issues identified through our analysis of the full NSS dataset. However, our Students’ Union is supporting a boycott of the NSS in session 2016/17. That boycott will undoubtedly impact on the usefulness of the NSS in providing meaningful data to inform the Conservatoire’s quality enhancement agenda in 2017/18.