Common use of Institutional Framework Clause in Contracts

Institutional Framework. The University's arrangements for monitoring and evaluation of fair access and widening participation mirror its inclusive approach to the organisation and delivery of services that support under-represented groups (see section 1.1), in that our approach is integrated and embedded within a wider institutional framework. This institutional framework for monitoring and evaluation comprises three levels of scrutiny - corporate, operational and activity. At a corporate level, this Access Agreement is the responsibility of the Deputy Vice- Chancellor, working closely with the Director of Student and Learning Services and other senior management in directorates and in faculties. Performance outcomes are reported through operational review to the University Executive, the Academic Board and Board of Governors. Both the Board of Governors and Academic Board include student representation. In respect of raising aspirations and outreach work, the University-wide Recruitment Tutor Team (RTT) will receive reports on work with schools, colleges and other partners. Retention and student success measures will be monitored by new forums at both University and faculty level established under the University's Student Success and Retention Framework. These operational arrangements are complemented by the University's over- arching planning, monitoring and review cycle, comprising the annual business planning and annual quality review processes, both of which are carried out at departmental and faculty level. At the individual activity level, staff and teams responsible for delivery will routinely evaluate their achievement and progress against operating plans and agreed measures. The aggregation of activity monitoring will provide an evaluation of performance against institutional targets and milestones contained in the Access Agreement under Section 5. Data capture and reporting against a number of institutional PIs enable the monitoring of a wide range of course level indicators relevant to access and participation, and to the targets set in the Access Agreement. Evaluation of the impact and outcome of activities is further enhanced by the University's capacity to undertake investigative research into particular themes or topics through its Institutional Research Team.