Table 5b - Other milestones and targets. Alongside applicant and entrant targets, we encourage you to provide targets around your outreach work (including collaborative outreach work where
Table 5b - Other milestones and targets appropriate) or other initiatives to illustrate your progress towards increasing access. These should be measurable outcomes based targets and should focus on the number of pupils reached by a particular activity/programme, or number of schools worked with, and what the outcomes were, rather than simply recording the nature/number of activities. Please select milestone/target type from the drop down menu Description (500 characters maximum) Baseline Baseline year data Yearly milestones/targets (numeric where possible, however you may use text) 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Commentary on your milestones/targets or textual description where numerical description is not appropriate (500 characters maximium) Outreach / WP activity (other - please give details in the next column) To ensure the University is working with the most disadvantaged schools and colleges by developing, implementing and monitoring a prioritisation model based on national indicators of school achievement and attainment and pupil disadvantage. 2012/13 n/a Publish new model and baseline Monitor against baseline Monitor against baseline Monitor against baseline Monitor against baseline Outreach / WP activity (collaborative - please give details in the next column) To work with partner HEIs in Greater Manchester to ensure that there is a coordinated package of pre-16 IAG and HE progression activities across each of Greater Manchester’s 10 local authorities and beyond into ‘hard to reach’ areas. 2011/12 n/a Develop and communicate a common programme of work. n/a n/a n/a n/a Outreach / WP activity (collaborative - please give details in the next column) To ensure the effectiveness of the University’s Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) and awareness raising activities promoting access to HE (generally and to selective universities) including collaborative work with MMU and The University of Liverpool. 2012/13 n/a Monitor and publish % Monitor and publish % Monitor and publish % Monitor and publish % Monitor and publish % At least 70% of students taking part in pre-16 outreach activities understand ‘more’ or ‘a lot more’ about progressing to university. Also, in an annual survey of teachers at least 70% report that the University’s activities add ‘more’ or ‘a lot more’ value to their School IAG strategy. Strategic partnerships (eg formal relationships with schools/colleges/employers) contribution to governance arrangements in local schools, particularly those in challenging circums...
Table 5b - Other milestones and targets. Alongside applicant and entrant targets, we encourage you to provide targets around your outreach work (including collaborative outreach work where appropriate) or other initiatives to illustrate your progress towards increasing access. These should be measurable outcomes based targets and should focus on the number of pupils reached by a particular activity/programme, or number of schools worked with, and what the outcomes were, rather than simply recording the nature/number of activities.
Table 5b - Other milestones and targets. Alongside applicant and entrant targets, we encourage you to provide targets around your outreach work (including collaborative outreach work where appropriate) or other initiatives to illustrate your progress towards increasing access. These should be measurable outcomes based targets and should focus on the number of pupils reached by a particular activity/programme, or number of schools worked with, and what the outcomes were, rather than simply recording the nature/number of activities. Number Please select milestone/target type from the drop down menu Description (500 characters maximum) Is this a collaborative target? Baseline year Baseline data Yearly milestones/targets (numeric where possible, however you may use text) Commentary on your milestones/targets or textual description where numerical description is not appropriate (500 characters maximum) 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 1 Operational targets Appoint additional Graduate Ambassadors No 2011 6 10 13 18 18 18 18 Based on recent experience, we have re-configured our Graduate Ambassador Teams to allow for some resource to be refocussed onto Digital and Social media developments to support WP outreach 2 Outreach / WP activity (other - please give details in the next column) Graduate Ambassadors to target and visit schools in current and new regions No 2011 270 300 400 500 500 500 3 Strategic partnerships (eg formal relationships with schools/colleges/employers) Expand PARTNERS No 2011 113 150 170 200 200 200 200 4 Outreach / WP activity (collaborative - please give details in the next column) Successfully lead and manage Realising Opportunities Scheme Yes 2011 12 universities ongoing ongoing ongoing Continue to lead this programme and embed with support from all 12 participating organisations 5 Outreach / WP activity (summer schools) Residential 'Bite Size Uni' summer school No 2011 100 participants 300 600 600 900 900 Plan is to provide one event of 300 participants in 2012; growing to three events of 300 participants each from 2015-16 6 Outreach / WP activity (other - please give details in the next column) regional events for parents and teachers Yes 2011 one in NE 3 5 5 7 7 combined events for parents and teachers, held in each target region 7 Student support services Scholarships and bursaries No 29% of entrants 30% of entrants 31% of entrants 32% of entrants 8 Other (please give details in the next column) retention: Paid placements No 2011 50 approx 20 more 70 more Placem...
Table 5b - Other milestones and targets. Alongside applicant and entrant targets, we encourage you to provide targets around your outreach work (including collaborative outreach work where appropriate) or other initiatives to illustrate your progress towards increasing access. These should be measurable outcomes based targets and should focus on the number of pupils reached by a particular activity/programme, or number of schools worked with, and what the outcomes were, rather than simply recording the nature/number of activities. Please select milestone/target type from the drop down menu Description (500 characters maximum) Baseline Baseline year data Yearly milestones/targets (numeric where possible, however you may use text) 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Commentary on your milestones/targets or textual description where numerical description is not appropriate (500 characters maximium) Operational targets working with young people and their influencers to raise aspirations and achievement towards higher education and the University of Leeds 2009/10 40985 41000 41000 41000 41000 41000 Following cessation of Aimhigher we will maintain our broad outreach programme to raise aspirations to higher education and the University of Leeds. However our additional investment and areas of growth will be directed towards targeted, long term interventions with identified individuals. Outreach / WP activity (other - please give details in the next column) place 400 students as ambassadors in schools and other educational settings 2009/10 433 400 400 400 400 400 With the cessation of Aimhigher Associates Scheme we will set our target at 400 students annually. Strategic partnerships (eg formal relationships with schools/colleges/employers) working in an intensive long term partnership with schools identified by less than 45% GCSE A*-C pass rate and by 66% of population from the lowest super output areas 2009/10 5 5 7 10 10 10 We will also continue to maintain relationships with over 300 schools and colleges. Outreach / WP activity (other - please give details in the next column) 90% of young people we work with in years 5-8 are aware of higher education. 2009/10 75 78 81 84 87 90 From our Estimating Impact Model to assess the effect of our outreach activity (set out in our Strategic Assessment) we are able to determine the impact in terms of outcomes on a broad institutional scale. We intend to continue and develop this work. Outreach / WP activity (other - please give details in the next column) 75%...
Table 5b - Other milestones and targets appropriate) or other initiatives to illustrate your progress towards increasing access. These should be measurable outcomes‐based targets and should focus on the number of pupils reached by a particular activity/programme, or number of schools worked with, and what the outcomes were, rather than simply recording the nature/number of activities. Please select milestone/target type from the drop down menu Description (500 characters maximum) Baseline Baseline year data Yearly milestones/targets (numeric where possible, however you may use text) 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Commentary on your milestones/targets or textual description where numerical description is not appropriate (500 characters maximium) Strategic partnerships (eg formal relationships with schools/colleges/employers) Increase admissions of students from care background (Maintain the numbers in the "Get Set 4 Uni" programme) 200910 20 20 20 20 20 20 indicators which relate to each theme, it is our intention that by 2015 at the latest our performance against the key performance indicators will improve so that we meet and, where possible, exceed our benchmarks. Over the life of our strategic plan we will continue to develop our existing strategies whilst implementing new and challenging ones in order to support this planned improvement. Our milestones will be evaluated each year. Where we are not making sufficient progress to meet our milestones, we will review our performance and where necessary change and adapt to ensure we meet and exceed our expectations. Strategic partnerships (eg formal relationships with schools/colleges/employers) Increase admissions of students from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups. (Maintain working with groups of Years 9-12 BME students with our partners.) 200910 30 30 30 30 30 30 indicators which relate to each theme, it is our intention that by 2015 at the latest our performance against the key performance indicators will improve so that we meet and, where possible, exceed our benchmarks. Over the life of our strategic plan we will continue to develop our existing strategies whilst implementing new and challenging ones in order to support this planned improvement. Our milestones will be evaluated each year. Where we are not making sufficient progress to meet our milestones, we will review our performance and where necessary change and adapt to ensure we meet and exceed our expectations. Strategic partnerships (eg formal relationships with schools/...
Table 5b - Other milestones and targets. Alongside applicant and entrant targets, we encourage you to provide targets around your outreach work (including collaborative outreach work where appropriate) or other initiatives to illustrate your progress towards increasing access. These should be measurable outcomes based targets and should focus on the number of pupils reached by a particular activity/programme, or number of schools worked with, and what the outcomes were, rather than simply recording the nature/number of activities. Please select milestone/target type from the drop down menu Description (500 characters maximum) Baseline Baseline year data Yearly milestones/targets (numeric where possible, however you may use text) 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Commentary on your milestones/targets or textual description where numerical description is not appropriate (500 characters maximium) Management targets Convene new University-wide strategic steering group to monitor progress towards the delivery of the measures, targets and milestones set out in this and future Access Agreements. 2011/12 1 inaugral meeting 3 meetings 3 meetings 3 meetings 3 meetings 3 meetings The Steering Group will be convened in 2011/12 to set terms of reference and establish reporting pathway in Universioty governance structure. From 2012/13 the Group will meet at least once per term to monitor progress towards delivery against milestones, receive annual monitoring and evaluation reports and review the Access Agreements required by OFFA in the subsequent years. Sub-groups may be formed from membership to collaborate on various tasks or projects. Management targets Convene new University Student Experience Advisory Group. 2012/13 A new Student Experience Advisory Group will be convened to strategically manage all aspects of improving the student experience, including the additional retention and success measures described in this Access Agreement. Strategic partnerships (eg formal relationships with schools/colleges/employers) Bath Compact with the University of Bath and City of Bath College. 2010/11 1 imaugral meeting 3 meetings 3 meetings 3 meetings 3 meetings 3 meetings This is a new collaborative arrangement that will be put into place during 2011/12. The strategic aims of the Compact are to work with the University of Bath and City of Bath College to further develop and formalise our collaborative approach to outreach that will support widening participation and access to higher education in the Bath region...
Table 5b - Other milestones and targets. Alongside applicant and entrant targets, we encourage you to provide targets around your outreach work (including collaborative outreach work where appropriate) or other initiatives to illustrate your progress towards increasing access. These should be measurable outcomes based targets and should focus on the number of pupils reached by a particular activity/programme, or number of schools worked with, and what the outcomes were, rather than simply recording the nature/number of activities. Please select milestone/target type from the drop down menu Description (500 characters maximum) Baseline Baseline year data Yearly milestones/targets (numeric where possible, however you may use text) 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Commentary on your milestones/targets or textual description where numerical description is not appropriate (500 characters maximium) Annex A Annex A: Access agreements for 2012-13: OFFA template for mainstream ITT providers (HEIs and FECs) University of Wolverhampton Name of institution Please complete this template, and the Excel return at Annex B, and return to us using the HEFCE extranet by 30 March 2012. Where your arrangements are the same as for other courses, we would encourage you to cross-refer to your main agreement wherever possible, rather than seeking to replicate information from that main document here.
Table 5b - Other milestones and targets. Alongside applicant and entrant targets, we encourage you to provide targets around your outreach work (including collaborative outreach work where appropriate) or other initiatives to illustrate your progress towards increasing access. These should be measurable outcomes based targets and should focus on the number of pupils reached by a particular activity/programme, or number of schools worked with, and what the outcomes were, rather than simply recording the nature/number of activities. Please select milestone/target type from the drop down menu Description (500 characters maximum) Baseline Baseline year data Yearly milestones/targets (numeric where possible, however you may use text) 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Commentary on your milestones/targets or textual description where numerical description is not appropriate (500 characters maximium) Management targets Increase the first time module pass rate for Level 4 undergraduate students 2009/10 0.83 0.84 0.85 0.86 0.87 0.88 Management targets Increase proportion of disabled students with a learning contract 2009/10 0.61 0.62 0.64 0.66 0.68 0.7 Management targets Increase the proportion of FT undergraduate students attaining full- time graduate employment. 2009/10 0.7 0.7 0.71 0.72 0.73 0.73 Strategic partnerships (eg formal relationships with schools/colleges/employers) Consolidate previous growth in admissions of applicants from the Sheffield City Region. 2009/10 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.41 The proportion of applicants from the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods within South Yorkshire gaining admission to a HEI increased by 6% between 2003 and 2009, rising from 35% to 41%. Arrangements for strategic collaboration with the University of Sheffield and other partners will be developed during 2011/12. Strategic partnerships (eg formal relationships with schools/colleges/employers) Support Access to HE for mature learners in Sheffield City Region n/a n/a n/a 200 250 300 300 This target anticipates a decline in participation of adults on Access to HE courses following the introduction of loans from 2013/14. Arrangements for strategic collaboration with the University of Sheffield and other partners will be developed during 2011/12. Other (please give details in the next column) Number of students supported through National Scholarship Programme n/a n/a 277 554 831 831 831 This target assumes growth in the allocation of NSP numbers to the University in proportion to the increase in government exp...
Table 5b - Other milestones and targets. Alongside applicant and entrant targets, we encourage you to provide targets around your outreach work (including collaborative outreach work where appropriate) or other initiatives to illustrate your progress towards increasing access. These should be measurable outcomes based targets and should focus on the number of pupils reached by a particular activity/programme, or number of schools worked with, and what the outcomes were, rather than simply recording the nature/number of activities. Please select milestone/target type from the drop down menu Description (500 characters maximum) Baseline Baseline year data Yearly milestones/targets (numeric where possible, however you may use text) 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Commentary on your milestones/targets or textual description where numerical description is not appropriate (500 characters maximium) Outreach / WP activity (summer schools) At least 40% of students enrolled on our summer school support programmes will enrol at a selective university, rising to 45% by 2016. 2009-10 0.39 0.4 0.4125 0.425 0.4375 0.45 39% - data currently available for one year only. Outreach / WP activity (summer schools) our summer school support programmes will enrol at the University of Nottingham, rising to 25% by 2016. 2009-10 0.17 0.2 0.2125 0.225 0.2375 0.25 17% average over the last 3 years - the proportion has fallen with inceased competition for places. Outreach / WP activity (other - please give details in the next column) University annually from local WP partner schools will rise to 800 by 2016. 2009 600 640 680 720 760 800 In September 2009 600 students from local WP partner school entered the University. This number has more than doubled between 2000 and 2009. Outreach / WP activity (other - please give details in the next column) Of the students from local WP partner schools entering the University, the proportion from deprived backgrounds will rise from 46% in 2009 to 56% by 2016. 2009 0.46 0.48 0.5 0.52 0.54 0.56 This proportion is more than twice the proportion of the University's total UK UG intake (19% in 2009). Operational targets Increase WP students' UF to registration rate to at least equal that of non-WP applicants. Baseline figure is 2.3 percentage points less (ppl) than non-WP students. 2009 2.3 ppl 1.9 ppl 1.4 ppl 0.9 ppl 0.4 ppl 0 ppl 'UF' means applicants with a confirmed place. For 09 entry, WP UF students' registration rate was 2.3 percentage points less than that of non-WP students. T...
