Student Retention, Success and Progression Sample Clauses

Student Retention, Success and Progression. As an institution St Mary’s considers that it has a moral and ethical obligation to ensure that all students are encouraged and supported in reaching their full potential, and to reduce the retention and attainment gaps experienced by students from under-represented groups. The University collects data relating to the attainment of students from under-represented groups and will develop activities and interventions which will focus on the needs of particular groups and students who are identified as needing additional support, both academically and in order to develop a sense of belonging. Induction The ‘Are you Ready’ campaign, launched in 2015/16, provides a pre-entry website for all confirmed students during the summer and will continue to be rolled out to more programmes each year. This campaign which was developed for the HEA/Xxxx Xxxxxx What Works? Retention and Success Project in three discipline areas provides interactive online information and activities to enable incoming students to ‘meet’ their cohort, ask questions and share views, and gain as much information as possible about their courses before starting university. In 2015 the University moved its registration and induction of new students to a week before the start of term. The University acknowledges the importance of induction week both in building students’ confidence and sense of belonging, and in setting and managing expectations. The introduction of this additional week gave new students time to settle in and undergo induction processes before continuing students arrived on campus. It has enabled us to give particular focus to new students and enable academic staff to concentrate solely on their induction needs. The week included discipline-level inductions as well as activities designed to help new students to find their way around campus, understand what support is available to them and meet other new starters. Feedback has been collected in relation to induction and in 2017/18, there will be a ‘two tier’ approach – with the first week focussing very strongly on ‘belonging’, and a long thin induction process focusing on academic skills and employability which will run throughout the first semester. Both these induction initiatives will be of particular value to those who have little or no knowledge of the University system are able to settle in and gain appropriate support and advice at this crucial time. In 2015/16, the University also piloted Careers Registration as part of the ...
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