Common use of Access to Higher Education Clause in Contracts

Access to Higher Education. The following indicators of the University’s absolute and relative performance in widening access are taken from the UK Performance Indicators of Higher Education produced annually by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 Young full-time undergraduate entrants – all (Table 1b) From state schools or colleges ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ % 97.6 97.8 97.2 97.5 97.7 Benchmark % 94.4 94.3 94.3 94.1 94.3 Locally-adjusted benchmark % 95.3 95.2 95.5 95.2 95.6 From NS-SEC classes 4,5,6 & 7 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ % 40.2 36.8 36.6 36.4 39.7 Benchmark % 39 35.5 36.6 35.7 38.3 Locally-adjusted benchmark % 39.6 36.6 37.4 36.6 39.4 From low participation neighbourhoods (POLAR3) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ % - 15.6 17.9 17.1 15.9 Benchmark - 12.3 12.7 12.4 13.4 Locally-adjusted benchmark - 15.1 15.7 15.1 16.5 Mature full-time undergraduate entrants – all (Table 2a) Number of FT mature entrants % of FT entrants who are mature 875 31.0 910 31.6 790 27.3 805 26.5 720 24.7 With no previous HE from low participation neighbourhoods (POLAR3) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ % - 20.6 18.7 17.6 22.0 Benchmark % - 15.0 12.9 13.3 15.0 Locally-adjusted benchmark % - 20.1 17.0 17.4 19.5 Part-time undergraduate entrants – all (Table 2b) Number of part-time entrants 1995 2430 2795 2430 1265