Access and Outreach Sample Clauses

Access and Outreach. 5.1 It is a matter of the highest strategic importance to the University that we maintain and improve upon our strong track record for widening access. We calculate that 68% of our full-time undergraduate student population currently falls into one or more of the target groups described in paragraph 5.2 below. 5.2 Our target groups for wider access are learners from the local area, from the lower socio- economic groups, from neighbourhoods with low rates of participation in higher education, from black and minority ethnic groups that are similarly under-represented and from vulnerable groups such as young people leaving care. We seek to widen access to higher education for learners with disabilities and recognise this as a key feature of our widening participation strategy. 5.3 We plan to maintain a broad age range within the student population and we wish therefore to recruit a significant proportion of our students from amongst mature students. 5.4 We also want to continue to ensure that pupils from state schools, including those schools facing significant challenges are able to progress to higher education. 5.5 The University plans actively to build on its achievement as the lead HEI for Aimhigher. We have: 5.5.1 The largest percentage growth in young participation in HE among the 20% most deprived learners in the country at large, except for London. 5.5.2 The largest percentage of UCAS applicants drawn from the most deprived Super Output Areas, an effect attributed both to local demography and to the presence of a local, access-oriented HEI. 5.5.3 An excellent access record in absolute terms, such that:
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Access and Outreach. The activities that we have included in our proposed programme have been selected based on evidence of impact either from Aimhigher or from the University’s own evaluation. Through the structured evaluation of our activities, we will draw together qualitative and quantitative elements to enable the measurement of their impact and effectiveness. The purpose of the evaluation is threefold: to underpin development to assess value for money to gather evidence of impact for accountability. The results of evaluation will inform ongoing development, enabling continuous improvement in ways of working and the identification of effective practice that has impact and provides value for money. The measurement of the effectiveness of activities and targeting will support accountability. The evaluation will include collection and analysis of participant data, together with impact evidence drawn from specific activities, supported by tracking of participants with regard to ongoing engagement with and progression to the University, along with retention and successful completion. We wish to ensure that activities are targeted effectively at appropriate learners and are inclusive of disabled learners and children in care/care leavers. A range of methods will be used to collect evidence to support evaluation of impact, including attitudinal surveys and focus groups with a sample of participants, plus activity surveys, together with feedback from school staff, advisers, tutors, etc. Where available and relevant, data on attainment and progression will also be used to inform the evaluation. We currently work closely with Keele University on the evaluation of collaborative activities delivered through Aimhigher and we will continue with this approach, ensuring that evaluation results for collaborative activities are shared and fed back to the appropriate senior managers and groups responsible for the delivery of the Access Agreement in each institution.
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Access and Outreach. 7.1 Collaborative outreach work has continued to focus on London-wide initiatives coordinated by AccessHE for London Higher and the HE in FE policy group, Linking London.
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Access and Outreach a. We will be undertaking the following targeted work, building on our current track record. Key targets for activities are listed in Table 5b of the Access Agreement document. i. Aston University will target key feeder schools and colleges to use successful role models from the student body and alumni to promote recruitment of pupils from widening participation backgrounds and those with excellent entry qualifications, focusing in particular on extending access to SIV and STEM subjects. ii. Masterclasses and Student Conferences will continue to be a major part of our provision. We aim for over 1,000 students from target schools and colleges to take part in 2015/16 iii. Over 2,000 students in Year 7-13 will visit our campus for HE experience days, again from target schools and colleges. iv. We appointed a new Information, Advice and Guidance role within the Schools Liaison team in 2013 to work with target schools across the region to strengthen and complement other advice and guidance support. This will focus on Year 8-12 students including supporting Year 9 options and GCSE choices. v. We will expand the number of student mentors and tutors working in targeted regional schools and colleges, both in person and via e-mentoring. Over 100 Aston student mentors and tutors will be working with at least 500 learners in 2015/16 in addition to our contribution to the Aimhigher Partnership. vi. We will make the key elements of study skills and online revision advice available to students who apply to Aston through UCAS via our “GetAhead@Aston” website. Applicants will be enabled and encouraged to interact with the University through online study support resources and via a new Aston Progression Pathway (APP). The APP will launch in 2014-15 in 10 target schools in Birmingham. Xxxxx mentors and tutors will work with Y12 and Y13 students considering Aston University programmes to support them with their aspirations and attainment. Up to 50 APP students will have access to Learning Development Centre support and our Masterclass and Subject Enrichment Programme. This support will be specifically targeted to students from the lower socio- economic groups and from schools/colleges whose performance is below the UK average at GCSE and A level. The APP programme is partly funded via Aston Alumni. vii. We will ensure that Aston academic staff and programme directors are aware of future changes to A levels, GCSEs and other post-16 qualifications from 2015 and provide appropri...
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Access and Outreach a. We will be undertaking the following targeted work, building on our current track record. Key targets for activities are listed in Table 7b of the Access Agreement document. i. Aston University will target schools and colleges with significant indicators of deprivation, using successful role models from the student body and alumni to promote recruitment of learners from widening participation backgrounds. We will focus in particular on extending access to SIV, STEM and Professional subjects.
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Access and Outreach. Access and outreach activities are kept under review to ensure focus remains on activities that are successful and reach key target groups. We take a quantitative and qualitative approach to our evaluation and monitoring, some examples are shown below: • Through analysing the background data of our participants • Through tracking our participants and monitoring their progression though to Higher Education • Through monitoring our institutional performance against our success of the access measures, as shown in section 3.1. • Through evaluating feedback and evaluative data collected throughout our interactions, from all participants, including young people, school staff and student ambassadors. • Through analysing sector based measures of outreach such as Aimhigher London South published data on successful outreach. Enhancements following monitoring and evaluation will ensure that we maintain a balance of students with traditional and non-traditional qualifications within our student body. Furthermore, we continue to discuss with our partners other ways of supporting them as they prepare their students for university level study.
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Access and Outreach. 5.1 It is a matter of the highest strategic importance to the University that we maintain and improve upon our strong track record for widening access. We calculate that 68% of our undergraduate and student population currently falls into one or more of the target groups described in paragraph 5.2 below. 5.2 Our target groups for wider access are learners from the local area, from the lower socioeconomic groups, from neighbourhoods with low rates of participation in higher education, from black and minority ethnic groups that are similarly under-represented and from vulnerable groups such as young people leaving care. We seek to widen access to higher education for learners with disabilities and recognise this as a key feature of our widening participation strategy. 5.3 We plan to maintain a broad age range within the student population and we wish therefore to recruit a significant proportion of our students from amongst mature students. 5.4 We also want to continue to ensure that pupils from state schools, including those schools facing significant challenges are able to progress to higher education. 5.5 The University is building on its achievement as the former lead HEI for Aimhigher in its area. We have an excellent access record in absolute terms, such that: a. 97% of our young full-time undergraduate students are from state schools.
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Access and Outreach. The Access and Outreach team deliver an engagement framework for target schools and colleges – in the form of a coherent, progressive programme of activity for learners in schools and across the student population in further education colleges, including those on Access Courses. This programme reaches out in particular to those schools and colleges which are associated with measures of deprivation such as income deprivation, educational deprivation, child poverty and low higher education participation. The establishment of a new university Campus in Xxxxxx Keynes provides a particular opportunity in this context. • Primary engagement: A targeted early intervention engagement programme for primary aged children (years 4, 5 and 6, Key Stages 1 - 2) which aims to establish, at an early age, the aspiration to participate in higher education among learners from particularly hard to reach groups. We have identified the white working class male group as one that would benefit from early and sustained intervention to encourage progression to Higher Education.
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  • Access and Cooperation Each Party will, and will cause its Other Indemnified Persons to, cooperate and assist in all reasonable respects regarding such Third Party Claim, including by promptly making available to such other Party (and its legal counsel and other professional advisers with a reasonable need to know) all books and records of such Person relating to such Third Party Claim, subject to reasonable confidentiality precautions.

  • Access and Use 1. Each Party shall ensure that any service supplier of the other Party is accorded access to and use of public telecommunications transport networks and services in a timely fashion, on transparent, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms and conditions. This obligation shall be applied, inter alia, through paragraphs 2 through 6. 2. Each Party shall ensure that service suppliers of the other Party have access to and use of any public telecommunications transport network or service offered within or across the border of that Party, including private leased circuits, and to this end shall ensure, subject to the provisions of paragraphs 5 and 6, that such suppliers are permitted: (a) to purchase or lease and attach terminal or other equipment which interfaces with the network and which is necessary to supply their services; (b) to interconnect private leased or owned circuits with public telecommunications transport networks and services or with circuits leased or owned by other service suppliers; (c) to use operating protocols of their choice in the supply of any service, other than as necessary to ensure the availability of telecommunications transport networks and services to the public generally; and (d) to perform switching, signaling and processing functions. 3. Each Party shall ensure that service suppliers of the other Party may use public telecommunications transport networks and services for the movement of information 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 3, a Party may take such measures as are necessary: (a) to ensure the security and confidentiality of messages; or (b) to protect the personal data of users of public telecommunications transport networks or services, subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade in services. 5. Each Party shall ensure that no condition is imposed on access to and use of public telecommunications transport networks and services other than as necessary: (a) to safeguard the public service responsibilities of suppliers of public telecommunications transport networks and services, in particular their ability to make their networks or services available to the public generally; or (b) to protect the technical integrity of public telecommunications transport networks or services.

  • Access and Confidentiality (a) Until the earlier of the Closing Date and the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Article 10, Seller shall afford to Purchaser and its officers and authorized agents and representatives reasonable access during normal business hours to the properties, books, records, contracts, documents, files and other information of or relating to the Assets and the Assumed Liabilities; provided, however, that nothing herein shall afford Purchaser the right to review any information to the extent relating solely to loans held by Seller not constituting Loans, including information regarding borrowers, or any information to the extent relating solely to Seller’s other branches, facilities and operations not subject to this Agreement. Seller shall identify to Purchaser, within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date hereof, a group of its salaried personnel (with the necessary expertise and experience to assist Purchaser) that shall constitute a “transition group” who will be available to Purchaser at reasonable times during normal business hours to provide information and assistance in connection with Purchaser’s investigation of matters relating to the Assets, the Assumed Liabilities and transition matters. Such transition group will also work cooperatively to identify and resolve issues arising from any commingling of Records with Seller’s records for its other branches, assets and operations not subject to this Agreement. Seller shall furnish Purchaser with such additional financial and operating data and other information about its business operations at the Branches as may be reasonably necessary for the orderly transfer of the business operations of the Branches and any mutually agreeable cooperative customer retention effort; provided, however, that nothing herein shall afford Purchaser the right to review any information relating to loans held by Seller not constituting Loans, including information regarding borrowers or any information relating to Seller’s other branches, facilities and operations not subject to this Agreement. Any investigation pursuant to this Section 7.2(a) shall be conducted in such manner as not to unreasonably interfere with the conduct of Seller’s business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller shall not be required to provide access to or disclose information where such access or disclosure would impose an unreasonable burden on Seller, or any employee of Seller, or would violate or prejudice the rights of customers, jeopardize any attorney-client privilege or contravene any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree, fiduciary duty or binding agreement entered into and disclosed to Purchaser prior to the date of this Agreement. Seller and Purchaser shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to make appropriate substitute disclosure arrangements under circumstances in which the restrictions of the preceding sentence apply. (b) From and after the Closing, Seller shall keep confidential non-public information in its possession (other than information which was or becomes available to Seller on a non-confidential basis from a source other than Purchaser or any of its Affiliates) relating to Purchaser, its Affiliates, the Branches, the Assets and the Assumed Liabilities; provided, however, that Seller shall not be liable hereunder with respect to any disclosure to the extent such disclosure is required pursuant to legal process (including pursuant to the assertion of Seller’s rights under this Agreement) (by interrogatories, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process), regulatory process or request, or to the extent such disclosure is reasonably necessary for purposes of compliance by Seller or its Affiliates with tax or regulatory reporting requirements; provided that in the event of any disclosure pursuant to legal process Seller exercises Commercially Reasonable Efforts to preserve the confidentiality of the non-public information disclosed, including by cooperating with Purchaser to obtain an appropriate protective order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the non-public information required to be disclosed. (c) From and after the Closing, Purchaser shall keep confidential non-public information in its possession (other than information which was or becomes available to Purchaser on a non-confidential basis from a source other than Seller or any of its Affiliates) relating to Seller and its Affiliates other than the Branches, the Assets and the Assumed Liabilities; provided, however that Purchaser shall not be liable hereunder with respect to any disclosure to the extent such disclosure is required pursuant to legal process (including pursuant to the assertion of Purchaser’s rights under this Agreement) (by interrogatories, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) or regulatory process or request; provided that in the event of any disclosure pursuant to legal process Purchaser exercises Commercially Reasonable Efforts to preserve the confidentiality of the non-public information disclosed, including by cooperating with Seller to obtain an appropriate protective order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the non-public information required to be disclosed.

  • ACCESS AND COOPERATION; DUE DILIGENCE (i) Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the COMPANY will afford to the officers and authorized representatives of URSI and the Founding Companies other than the COMPANY access to all of the COMPANY's (including the COMPANY's Subsidiaries) key employees, sites, properties, books and records and will furnish URSI with such additional financial and operating data and other information as to the business and properties of the COMPANY (including the COMPANY's Subsidiaries) as URSI or the Founding Companies other than the COMPANY may from time to time reasonably request. The COMPANY will cooperate with URSI and the Founding Companies other than the COMPANY, its representatives, auditors and counsel in the preparation of any documents or other material which may be required in connection with any documents or materials required by this Agreement. URSI, the STOCKHOLDERS and the COMPANY will treat all information obtained in connection with the negotiation and performance of this Agreement or the due diligence investigations conducted with respect to the Founding Companies other than the COMPANY as confidential in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 hereof. In addition, URSI will cause each of the Founding Companies other than the COMPANY to enter into a provision similar to this Section 7.1 requiring each such Founding Company to keep confidential any information obtained by such Founding Company. (ii) Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, URSI will afford to the officers and authorized representatives of the COMPANY access to all of URSI's sites, properties, books and records and will furnish the COMPANY with such additional financial and operating data and other information as to the business and properties of URSI as the COMPANY may from time to time reasonably request. URSI will cooperate with the COMPANY, its representatives, engineers, auditors and counsel in the preparation of any documents or other material which may be required in connection with any documents or materials required by this Agreement. The COMPANY will cause all information obtained in connection with the negotiation and performance of this Agreement to be treated as confidential in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 hereof.

  • Access and Inspection 3.7.1 To allow the Landlord (or any Superior Landlord) their agent or any professional adviser, or contractor authorised by the Landlord or the Landlord’s Agent to enter the Property with or without workmen and with all necessary equipment. Other than in the case of an Emergency, the Landlord shall give the Tenant not less than 24 hours' written notice. The Tenant is only required to allow such access for the following: • the Tenant has not complied with a written notice under the Terms of this Agreement and the Landlord wishes to enter the Property in accordance with these Terms. • the Landlord seeks to carry out work for which the Landlord is responsible • the Landlord wishes to inspect the Property • to enable the Landlord or the Landlord’s Agent to comply with statute • Any gas safety or electrical safety checks • Where the Property shall have working Chimney(s) to permit the Landlord’s contractor to attend and sweep the chimney(s) at least every 12 months or more frequently as reasonably considered necessary whether or not the Tenant shall have used such chimney(s) 3.7.2 At any point in the Tenancy, allow access to the Property to the Landlord’s Agent and any estate or letting agents together with any prospective buyer, mortgagee, their surveyors or future Tenant at all reasonable times during normal working hours of the Landlord’s Agent upon giving 24 hours written notice made by any person who is or is acting on behalf of a prospective purchaser or Tenant of the Property and who is authorised by the Landlord or the Landlord’s Agent to view the Property. 3.7.3 At any point in the Tenancy, permit the Landlord’s Agents or any estate agents’ notices or boards to be affixed to the Property. 3.7.4 Where the Property or any equipment at the Property is covered by a service contract or warranty, where required by the Landlord or Agent, the Tenant will arrange appointments direct with the service contract provider and the Tenant will attend all and any visits required.

  • Business and Operations Borrower will continue to engage in the businesses presently conducted by it as and to the extent the same are necessary for the ownership, maintenance, management and operation of the Property. Borrower will qualify to do business and will remain in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction as and to the extent the same are required for the ownership, maintenance, management and operation of the Property.

  • Network Services Local Access Services In lieu of any other rates and discounts, Customer will pay fixed monthly recurring local loop charges ranging from $1,200 to $2,000 for TDM-based DS-3 Network Services Local Access Services at 2 CLLI codes mutually agreed upon by Customer and Company.

  • Access to PHI Business Associate shall provide access to PHI in a Designated Record Set to Covered Entity or as directed by Covered Entity to an Individual to meet the requirements under 45 CFR § 164.524. Business Associate shall provide such access in the time and manner reasonably designated by Covered Entity. Within three (3) business days, Business Associate shall forward to Covered Entity for handling any request for access to PHI that Business Associate directly receives from an Individual.

  • Access and Records ‌ A. County, the State of California and the United States Government and/or their representatives, shall have access, for purposes of monitoring, auditing, and examining, to Subrecipient’s activities, books, documents and papers (including computer records and emails) and to records of Subrecipient’s subcontractors, consultants, contracted employees, bookkeepers, accountants, employees and participants related to this Contract. Subrecipient shall insert this condition in each Contract between Subrecipient and a subcontractor that is pursuant to this Contract shall require the subcontractor to agree to this condition. Such departments or representatives shall have the right to make excerpts, transcripts and photocopies of such records and to schedule on site monitoring at their discretion. Monitoring activities also may include, but are not limited to, questioning employees and participants and entering any premises or onto any site in which any of the services or activities funded hereunder are conducted or in which any of the records of Subrecipient are kept. Subrecipient shall make available its books, documents, papers, financial records, etc., within three (3) days after receipt of written demand by Director which shall be deemed received upon date of sending. In the event Subrecipient does not make the above referenced documents available within the County of Orange, California, Subrecipient agrees to pay all necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by County, or County’s designee, in conducting any audit at the location where said records and books of account are maintained.

  • Access and Investigation During the period from the date hereof through the Closing of the Merger (the “Pre-Closing Period”), the Company shall, and shall cause the respective Representatives of the Company and Subsidiaries to: (a) provide Parent and Parent’s Representatives with reasonable access to the Acquired Companies’ Representatives, personnel and assets and to all existing books, records, Tax Returns, work papers and other documents and information relating to the Acquired Companies; (b) provide Parent and Parent’s Representatives with such copies of the existing books, records, Tax Returns, work papers and other documents and information relating to the Acquired Companies, and with such additional financial, operating and other data and information regarding the Acquired Companies and their financial condition, as Parent may reasonably request; and (c) fully cooperate with Parent in its reasonable investigation of the businesses of the Acquired Companies. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall furnish promptly to Parent (i) a copy of each report, schedule, registration statement and other document filed by the Company during the Pre-Closing Period with the SEC, and (ii) all other information concerning its business, properties and personnel as Parent may reasonably request. In addition, the Company shall during the Pre-Closing Period give prompt written notice to Parent, and the Parent shall during the Pre-Closing Period give prompt written notice to the Company, if it becomes aware of (A) any representation or warranty made by it contained in this Agreement becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect, (B) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under this Agreement, (C) the occurrence of an event or circumstance that could be reasonably expected to make the timely satisfaction of any of the conditions set forth in Annex I impossible or unlikely or that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (D) the commencement of any litigation or Proceeding against the Company, Parent or Acquisition Co. Nothing in this Section 5.1 shall require the Company to provide Parent or Acquisition Co. with any information relating to an Alternative Transaction Proposal.

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