Retention performance. We believe that access to higher education only has real value if those students who are recruited into the University continue and succeed in their studies. However, some students do not complete their awards and the on-going improvement of retention rates remains a university priority; we have set stretching targets to work towards achieving the benchmark of 10.1% (HESA, 2014/15) for non-continuation rates by 2019/20. The University has a well-developed culture of strong student support and aims to provide a high quality system of pastoral, personal and academic support for all students. Such support is viewed by the University as of central importance in encouraging students from under- represented groups to study and succeed at our university, in the knowledge that a wide range of support mechanisms exist
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Sources: Access Agreement, Access Agreement