Student retention, success and employability Clause Samples

Student retention, success and employability. 4.3.1 We are committed to supporting student retention, success and employability, and our 2010-15 Widening Participation Strategy describes in detail the extensive range of activities already in place to support this2. We have assessed our retention record as in need of further improvement, and a new target has been set to address this. 4.3.2 We will expand our Peer Assisted Study Support scheme (PASS), which is run by the widening participation team in partnership with academic schools. While we recognise that transition issues can be particularly pressing for those with little or no family experience of education, there will be no „screening‟ of mentors (higher-year undergraduates) or mentees (first-years) by widening participation criteria. The strength of the PASS scheme is integration with, not separation from, fellow students, and this helps to ensure that students from under-represented groups access the full benefits of higher education. In 2012-13 we will develop and pilot other mentoring models, complementary to PASS, to expand our provision. We will also seek to draw in and share experience of other mentoring 2 „▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, University of London 2010-15 Widening Participation Strategy‟, pp 7-10 projects across the College, and we will formalise this through the establishment of a Mentoring Hub, embodied by a biennial conference. 4.3.3 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇‟s mentoring activity will promote student retention, success and employability. Careers colleagues are closely involved in mentor training and PASS will be integrated within college-wide employability and entrepreneurship initiatives. 4.3.4 The PASS scheme has increased from three participating schools and 20 mentors in 2007/8 to ten participating schools and 128 mentors in 2010/11. Two new schemes in the schools of English and Geography will be added in 2011/12. Careers sessions are a part of all PASS training to help make students aware from the start of the transferability of the skills they will be acquiring through mentoring. Extra opportunities offered to PASS mentors also extend and expand their skills and desirability. For example, two PASS mentors and two PASS organisers ran a workshop at the 3rd National Transition Conference at UCL in June 2011. They were the only student presenters in a day of papers and workshops from academics and senior administrators. Details can be found at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇/transition/transition-conference-2011 4.3.5 Certificates issued to PASS mentors after training...
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