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Widening Participation
Angela Milln & Zoë Pither
Why Widening Participation?
• A moral issue• Current student population ‘unrepresentative’
WP Category
Intake Milestone
Actual Intake 2010/11
Mature Students 9% 4.4% Students from low performing schools / colleges3
40% 25.3%
Students from Low Participation Areas2
10.4%
Socio-economic groups 4-7 11.6% Minority ethnic students 10.0% Disabled students 7.1% Local students 5.0%
WP Category
Application Milestone
Actual Applications 2010/11
Mature Students 11.4% 9.1% Students from low performing schools / colleges3
46% 26.4%
Students from Low Participation Areas2
17.7% 14.5%
Socio-economic groups 4-7 25.2% 13.6% Minority ethnic students 19.1% 12.8% Disabled students 4.6% 5.6% Local students 6% 3.6%
Why Widening Participation?
• A moral issue• Current student population unrepresentative.• Longstanding commitment to attracting the best
students, whatever their background (1st WP strategy 1999).
• A political/regulatory issue• Government requirement for HEIs wishing to
charge tuition fees above £6k p.a.
2012/13 Access Agreement
• Requires us to:• Specify the proportion of ‘additional’ fee income
to be reinvested in student financial support and outreach activity (approx £35%).
• Make specific commitments in terms of outreach.• Set targets against which progress in widening
participation will be assessed.
Aims of Outreach
• Impartial information and advice• Raising awareness• Raising aspirations• Contributing to attainment• Breaking down misconceptions• Developing relationships
Perceptions of University Life
• Breaking down barriers• Personal experience• Supportive role models• Stereotypes
Activity: A day in the life of…
Access to Bristol
• Pathways to Law• Curriculum enrichment• 320 students• 15 subject streams• Building relationships
Realising Opportunities
• Pilot project• Partnership of 13 research intensive
universities• Higher education experience• Student mentor• Study skills• Academic rigor
Summer School
• Sutton Trust• 160 Year 12 students• 6 subject streams• Residential experience• Academic sessions• Higher education information & experience
Work with Schools & Colleges
• Precinct visits• Workshops & talks• Student role models• HE Advisers Day• Contact with local authorities• Student funding information• UCAS applications
Mature Students
• Different needs & experiences• Mature Students Adviser• Individual advice and liaison• Information Sessions• Mature Students Welcome• Study Skills
Outreach Plans 2012/13 and beyond
• Increased emphasis on outreach & retention in Access Agreement will necessitate:• Review of structures supporting delivery• Expansion of some existing activities• New approaches to collaboration (Exeter, Bath?)• New initiatives – e.g. IntoUniversity?; Review of
transitional support?; new pathways/progression routes