Outreach and retention work. If you are proposing to introduce additional outreach or retention work in respect of ITT, over and above the outreach/retention work you have committed to in your existing 2012-13 access agreement, please include details here.
Outreach and retention work. Many of the outreach and retention activities articulated in the University’s main agreement also apply to ITT students and applicants. Our extensive links with schools and colleges via our Compact scheme provide pre-and-post-16 access to talks, sessions and residential summer schools that are available to all students, including those who have expressed an interest in becoming a teacher. We will continue to enhance our links with local primary schools in partnership with our current ITT students to raise aspirations and awareness of Higher Education. In addition, we propose to develop specific outreach activity in respect of ITT. This will include a pre-entry conference, primarily targeted at the key under-represented groups to raise aspirations and minimise any perceived barriers in entering the teaching profession. We will also extend the Gloucestershire Mentoring Scheme to specifically mentor students who aspire to teach in the future. Xxxxxxx will be selected from under- represented groups, such as male learners who are thinking of entering primary teaching. We have found that a number of our highly regarded undergraduate Student Ambassadors and our students who participate in the Gloucestershire Mentoring Scheme embrace their experience of working with young people so much that they subsequently wish to apply for a postgraduate initial teacher training course. We will ensure that these mentors and ambassadors are given appropriate information, advice and guidance to pursue their career ambitions and aspire to apply to an ITT course at postgraduate level. In particular, we will target activity with our BME and male undergraduates who express a desire to pursue a career in teaching. We will develop our marketing and recruitment activities to deliver a specific open day for those wishing to apply to one of our ITT courses. Incorporated into this promotional activity will be separate segmented marketing campaign targeted at encouraging attendance amongst under-represented groups. In terms of retention, we will continue to offer the full range of support and advice to ITT students via our very successful Helpzones. As our relative withdrawal rate is slightly higher for male primary trainees, we will hold a new, specialist induction event for male primary (undergraduate and postgraduate) trainee teachers. We will also work to establish a specialist mentoring scheme for male primary teacher trainees – linked to both their success/achievement and also their ...
Outreach and retention work. In 2012/13 and 2013/14 we propose to increase the total university expenditure on outreach and retention to include ITT students. The spend on outreach and access will be calculated using the same proportion of additional fee income as is used for non ITT students. Within this spend, for ITT students there will be focused attention on the recruitment and retention of BME for all phases and males for primary teaching. This is in line with national priorities, university identified ITT self-evaluation and already included in our existing access agreement. The expenditure will facilitate an enhanced range of activities which may include a combination of activities listed in Annex C, p10-11 (February 2012/02)
Outreach and retention work. In terms of retention, the University would extend all of the appropriate initiatives outlined within our original 12/13 Access Agreement to our GT ITT students. As we state in paragraphs 1 and 31 of our agreement respectively As of August 2011, a new team within Student Support and Development has taken ownership of responsibility for enhancing academic teaching, improving the student experience, and disseminating good practice. In addition, we have a variety of specialist support for students who are care leavers, parents, or who have disabilities. All of these support facilities are available to our PG ITT students. It is also important to note that around 1/3 of our entire GT ITT intake are University of Birmingham alumni and will therefore have benefited from our original UG related outreach and retention activities. 2007 117 38.61% 186 61.39% 2008 117 39.13% 182 60.87% 2009 148 41.69% 207 58.31% 2010 114 33.14% 230 66.86% 2011 105 33.23% 211 66.77% UoB GT ITT Population: Source Internal November snapshot data
