Access Measures Clause Samples

Access Measures. 3.1 Widening participation profile 3.2 Planned investment in aspiration-raising and outreach

Access Measures assessment of progress and formulation of targets i. the sponsorship of schools where there are issues around attainment and progression ii. the establishment of new free schools (including mathematics free schools) to support disadvantaged and under-represented students iii. other significant partnerships, support and activity with schools. Based on recent analysis of education provision in Cornwall, and in the context of a small, specialist university, Falmouth University is best positioned to deliver increased attainment in schools through option (iii), above: ‘other significant partnerships, support and activity with school’. The University already undertakes a considerable programme of schools partnership work, and as part of the Grow Cornwall objective, is planning to ramp up its attainment raising activity, through a range of programmes under the banner of ‘Falmouth Creative: Discover, Believe, Achieve’. Falmouth Creative: Discover, Believe, Achieve, is an umbrella progression programme for talented and creative students who have the potential to go to university, and will benefit from the additional support to reach their full potential. The programme is aimed at not only students in year groups 9 - 13, but their parents, teachers and Career Advisors through a variety of activities and contact points throughout the academic year. A portfolio of workshops, which comprise of academic subject specific, skills - based, careers, and Information and guidance workshops will be available to schools and colleges for their year groups 11, 12 and 13. Schools and colleges and colleges will be able to select which aspects of the workshops they would find most useful, and Falmouth University will deliver these workshops either on campus or offsite at the school/college. This element of the programme can be extended to the UK. Year groups 9 and 10 will have four key phases throughout the year, culminating with each student that completes the scheme being presented with a certificate to recognise their success during an in-school assembly. The end of each academic year will end with a celebration of each school and pupil at the CreatEd Exhibition in June.  Attending the programme will equip the pupil and their parents/carers with the necessary information for each phase of their journey.  Pupils will experience at first hand student life at a Creative Arts University, and gain valuable advice from world-class academics.  Pupils will develop key skills and knowl...

Access Measures. 4.1 The College has engaged in outreach and widening participation activity for over ten years. In the course of that time we have organised masterclasses, mentoring, student ambassador work, taster sessions, mock interviews, Information, Advice and Guidance, and highly successful summer schools, both residential and non-residential. We have worked at both Primary School and Secondary School and Further Education College level. It is our intention that this type of activity continue at an enhanced level. 4.2 We shall, however, be more focused on establishing relationships with particular cohorts of pupils and schools with whom we can build long term relationships and thereby track progress to Higher Education (or otherwise). Research conducted by ▇▇▇▇▇, among others, has shown that regular contact with students will have a greater long-term benefit than one-off interventions that could be forgotten by the time they become relevant. Our target groups will include: young people from social classes 4 – 7; state school pupils; BME students, particularly black boys; white males; care leavers; and vocational learners. 4.3 As a major contributor to scientific and medical research, the RVC will develop outreach activity which dovetails with STEM subject content. We are already in receipt of a Wellcome Trust Award to work with our target groups in schools on the subject of Biomedical Science and Anatomy and we shall build on this. External funding will be sought to maintain a level of interactive seminars and taster sessions. 4.4 Our outreach activity will become based more on blocks of time working with our target groups year on year. This would by and large fit in with the requirement to present milestones over the period 2012 – 2017 and approximate to, for example, Years 8 – 13. We shall seek external funding to support Summer School activity, as we have seen direct positive results from our previous Summer Schools. We shall develop a scientific programme for black African Caribbean boys. 4.5 The highly successful Gateway Programme, which forms a foundation year for the professional BVetMed degree, will continue. We shall also continue to develop work aimed at vocational students and to ensure they meet requirements for entry to RVC degree programmes. Much of this will be done in collaboration with the VETNET LLN Association which includes HEIs, FECs and Land-Based colleges. Work will continue to engage the Looked After Children cohort. We shall develop, in co-o...

Access Measures. As a Further Education College, we support local young people from all the OfS target groups to aim higher as part of our overall mission, and the majority of the College’s resources contribute to this societal aim, albeit outside the scope of this plan. We plan to spend 15% of the Access and Participation Fund on outreach. The activities will focus, where possible, on the following groups: • Areas with low participation rates in HE identified by POLAR4 Q1 and Q2, and specifically those within the College Group’s non-HE population or through Uni Connect Partnerships • Special Learning Difficulty or Disability (SLDD) • Care leavers • Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (▇▇▇▇) communities In addition, the College seeks to refine its approach where possible to focus on the following groups, once Access data is collected and interpreted: • Gypsy/Roma/Traveller communities • Refugee communities • Carers Internal and external outreach activities will comprise of the following • Work with further education students within the College Group (East Surrey College and ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ College) from POLAR4 Quintile 1 and 2 postcodes at levels 1, 2 and 3 to raise attainment (meeting or exceeding national achievement rates) and provide progression options to internal and external higher education. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ College, within the group, has a significant representation by Black FE students and is located near POLAR4 Q1 postcodes to the South East of Croydon which aligns well with Access targets. • Internal Progression Events at East Surrey College and ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ College, again with the ability to focus on Access for the above groups. • Internal 1-1 support on researching university level study and UCAS applications, focused on low participation postcode students, ▇▇▇▇ students and students with disabilities. • Provision of information advice and guidance, with particular reference to financial support (to our Access target group from low participation postcodes), through attendance at open evening events in local schools/colleges/ careers fairs. • Use of links with local schools, and holding of events to attract young families, to raise awareness and provide aspiration and attainment raising activities. • Partnership with Sussex Learning Network and Linking London focused on improving Access for those from POLAR4 Quintiles 1 and 2. • Interview of all HE applicants with flexible admissions policies, including the opportunity to resit GCSE English and/or Maths during Year 1, and ...

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