Common use of Student retention and success Clause in Contracts

Student retention and success. The overall rate on completion at York is consistently high for the sector, with over 90% of York’s undergraduates completing degree programmes, whilst we maintain a diverse student population. This reflects the commitment of the students we attract and the strong support provided through our Colleges and student supervision structure, as well as the specialist study skills and support services we offer. We consider it very important to continue to focus on maintaining this level of successful outcome and we will continue to invest between 3% and 4% of our additional expenditure in activities to further support the retention and success of our students from non-traditional backgrounds. This includes skills development for prospective students on a number of our WP programmes, work with students in the transition period, for example through the development of web-based preparation materials as well as the support offered to students once they commence their studies at the University. Retention and success for students from poorer sections of the community is also supported by financial support which is covered below in Section 6. Activities focused on retention and success also make a significant contribution to students’ employability as does the University’s Employability Strategy. We plan to provide particular support for employability among WP groups with an additional spend of £100,000 on employability measures from 2013/4. This strategy aims to provide students with the best possible curricular and co-curricular support in developing their employability, facilitates access to internships and helps to develop graduates who are characterised by their entrepreneurial talents and their ability to realise their full potential as leaders and role models in organisations and society. Training for staff in a wide variety of student-facing roles continues to be an important priority, with new academic staff involved in our Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice programme, an annual programme for those in College welfare teams and more widely for those with supervisory or other pastoral responsibilities.

Student retention and success. The overall rate on completion at York is consistently high for the sector, with over 90% of York’s undergraduates completing degree programmes, whilst we maintain a diverse student population. This reflects the commitment of the students we attract and the strong support provided through our Colleges and student supervision structure, as well as the specialist study skills and support services we offer. We consider it very important to continue to focus on maintaining this level of successful outcome and we will continue to invest between 3% 6 and 47% of our additional expenditure in activities to further support the retention and success of our students from non-traditional backgrounds. This includes skills development for prospective students on a number of our WP programmes, work with students in the transition period, for example through the development of web-based preparation materials as well as the support offered to students once they commence their studies at the University. Retention and success for students from poorer sections of the community is also supported by financial support which is covered below in Section 6. Activities focused on retention and success also make a significant contribution to students’ employability as does the University’s Employability Strategy. We plan to provide particular support for employability among WP groups with an additional spend of £100,000 on employability measures from 2013/4. This strategy aims to provide students with the best possible curricular and co-curricular support in developing their employability, facilitates access to internships employability and helps to develop graduates who are characterised by their entrepreneurial talents and their ability to realise their full potential as leaders and role models in organisations and society. Training for staff in a wide variety of student-student facing roles continues to be an important priority, priority with new academic staff involved in our Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice PGCAP programme, an annual programme for those in College welfare teams and more widely for those with supervisory or other pastoral responsibilities.