Common use of Target groups Clause in Contracts

Target groups. The university has adopted the targeting guidance, outlined in Higher Education Outreach: Targeting Disadvantaged Learners (HEFCE Guide 2007/12) and will focus on targeting learners from disadvantaged and under-represented communities who are the first in their family to consider higher education and who have the potential to succeed in higher education. Priority groups will include: Lower socio-economic groups (NS-SEC 4 to 8) with a target of 66 per cent of participants in activities recruited from these groups Disadvantaged socio-economic groups living in areas of high deprivation (rank Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004<13000) with a target of 66 per cent of participants recruited from these groups Care leavers and looked-after children in the care system People with a disability or specific learning difficulty Vocational and work-based learners.