Common use of Expenditure on Additional Access and Retention Measures Clause in Contracts

Expenditure on Additional Access and Retention Measures. In its 2012-13 Access Agreement, the University made a significant commitment to bursary support for those in most financial need in addition to increased expenditure on access measures, establishing a number of new posts and structures. Data on our 2012-13 student intake showed that our targeted approach to student financial support successfully met our aim of giving assistance to those in most need. We were able to allocate 95% of our planned expenditure to those with a Household Residual Income (HRI) at or below £16,000 who also met one or more widening participation indicators. As stated in our 2013-14 Access Agreement we took the opportunity to review our household income eligibility thresholds in 2014-15 after completing a full academic cycle. We will retain our targeted approach to student support and maintain the HRI eligibility criterion at the higher level of £20,000. The following level of expenditure indicates the level of activity that is envisaged by 2018- 19: • £5,291,000 on financial support for students • £2,735,078 OFFA countable spend on access, student success and progression. A number of posts were established in 2012-13 including a Head of Widening Participation, Student Experience Officers in each faculty, Peer Mentoring Co-ordinator, Data Co-ordinator, Progression Officer and WP Outreach Officers, together with extensive outreach activity. In 2014 we will be appointing a new Director of Student Recruitment and Admissions to strengthen our management and coordination structures. Our HESA WP PFIs reveal that those in the lower SEGs (NS-SEC classes 4-7) are under- represented in our student population: 18.9% in 2010-11 compared with a benchmark of 23.2%, as are those from Polar 2 low participation neighbourhoods (4.9% compared with a benchmark of 7.1%). We are also aiming to increase the proportion of students from state schools from 73.6 to 80.0%. Therefore the immediate focus has been on these three target groups and the University has set stretching targets to contribute to an increase in the participation of these groups.

Expenditure on Additional Access and Retention Measures. In its 2012-13 Access Agreement, the University made a significant commitment to bursary support for those in most financial need in addition to increased expenditure on access measures, establishing a number of new posts and structures. Data on our 2012-13 student intake showed shows that our targeted approach to student financial support successfully met our aim of giving assistance to those in most need. We were able to allocate 95% of our planned expenditure to those with a Household Residual Income (HRI) at or below £16,000 who also met one or more widening participation indicators. As stated in our 2013-14 Access Agreement we took have taken the opportunity to review our household income eligibility thresholds in for 2014-15 after completing now t h a t we have completed a full academic cyclecycle and are in a better position to assess the impact of the strategy. We will retain our targeted approach to student support and maintain also increase the HRI eligibility criterion at the higher level of to £20,000. The following level of expenditure indicates the level of activity that is envisaged by 2018- 192017- 18: • £5,291,000 4,522,400 on financial support for students • £2,735,078 OFFA countable spend 2,503,038 on access, outreach and student success and progression. A number of posts were established in 2012-13 including a Head of Widening Participation, Student Experience Officers in each faculty, Peer Mentoring Co-ordinator, Data Co-ordinator, Progression Officer and WP Outreach Officers, together with extensive outreach activity. In 2014 we will be appointing a new Director of Student Recruitment and Admissions to strengthen our management and coordination structures. Our HESA WP PFIs reveal that those in the lower SEGs (NS-SEC classes 4-7) are under- represented in our student population: 18.9% in 2010-11 compared with a benchmark of 23.2%, as are those from Polar 2 low participation neighbourhoods (4.9% compared with a benchmark of 7.1%). We are also aiming to increase the proportion of students from state schools from 73.6 to 80.0%. Therefore the immediate focus has been will be on these three target groups and the University has set stretching targets to contribute to an increase in the participation of these groups.

Expenditure on Additional Access and Retention Measures. In its 2012-13 Access Agreement, the University made a significant commitment to bursary support for those in most financial need in addition to increased expenditure on access measures, establishing a number of new posts and structures. Data on our 2012-13 student intake showed that our targeted approach to student financial support successfully met our aim of giving assistance to those in most need. We were able to allocate 95% of our planned expenditure to those with a Household Residual Income (HRI) at or below £16,000 who also met one or more widening participation indicators. As stated in our 2013-14 Access Agreement we took the opportunity to review our household income eligibility thresholds in 2014-15 after completing a full academic cycle. We In 2014-15 we undertook a survey of current students in receipt of Bath Bursaries and those with higher incomes in receipt of alumni funded scholarships. The comparison revealed that the Bursary students on the lowest incomes used their award to cover essential costs whereas those from families with higher incomes used the additional funds to enhance their student experience. On the basis of this evidence we will retain our targeted approach to student support and maintain the HRI eligibility criterion at the higher level of £20,000. The following Pending the outcome of the research commissioned by the Office of Fair Access on Bursary support, we will also conduct a feasibility study on raising this threshold to £25,000, and contingency funds have been incorporated into the Agreement to allow an increase to this level of expenditure indicates the level of activity that is envisaged by 2018- 19: • £5,291,000 on financial support for students • £2,735,078 OFFA countable spend on access, student success and progressioncommencing their studies in 2016-17 if the evidence base supports this move. A number of posts were established in 2012-13 including a Head of Widening Participation, Student Experience Officers in each facultyFaculty, Peer Mentoring Co-ordinator, Data Co-ordinator, Progression Officer and WP Outreach Officers, together with extensive outreach activity. In 2014 we will be appointing appointed a new Director of Student Recruitment and Admissions to strengthen our management and coordination co-ordination structures. Our HESA WP PFIs reveal that those in the lower SEGs (NS-SEC classes 4-7) are under- represented in our student population: 18.9% in 2010-11 compared with a benchmark of 23.2%, as are those from Polar 2 low participation neighbourhoods (4.9% compared with a benchmark of 7.1%). We are also aiming to increase the proportion of students from state schools from 73.6 to 80.0%. Therefore the immediate focus has been on these three target groups and the University has set stretching targets to contribute to an increase in the participation of these groups.