Common use of The University’s Outreach Work Clause in Contracts

The University’s Outreach Work. In the context of this Agreement „outreach work‟ refers to a wide range of University activities that are undertaken with the aim of raising aspirations and attainment, encouraging those from groups that are under-represented to apply to join higher education programmes of study and supporting the endeavours of those who actually do so. Hence, it also includes activities undertaken throughout the student life cycle aimed at increasing the likelihood that students from under-represented groups will be more attracted to engaging with higher education and ultimately be successful. Evaluation of such activities within our Foundation Year programme, and through our emerging University Retention Strategy has indicated considerable impact to date in realising these objectives. The University has a long-standing and very effective record of participation in outreach activities. These take the form of liaison work with schools and colleges, collaborative arrangements with Further Education college providers, pre-entry support and guidance, curriculum enhancement activities, open and visit days, mentoring, University summer schools and many other initiatives. The University‟s Widening Participation Strategy, its Learning, Teaching & Assessment Strategy and its Equal Opportunities Policy are published on the University website. Manchester Metropolitan University is a partner in Aimhigher1 North West, Aimhigher Greater Manchester and Aimhigher Cheshire and Warrington. Additionally, MMU is the lead partner in the Greater Manchester Strategic Alliance Lifelong Learning Network and is a member of the Cheshire and Warrington Lifelong Learning Network. Through these partnerships it works with other higher and further education providers in the region, and with schools to promote opportunities into higher education. The University leads on several regional and sub-regional projects and will continue to commit institutional resources to this work. Specifically, for 2008/09, the University will:- enhance the work of the Greater Manchester Strategic Alliance (or any comparable successor body) in which it works with the other four HE institutions and all post-16 providers in the Manchester region to promote and support opportunities for vocational learners to progress into HE qualification programmes; enhance the work of the Cheshire and Warrington FE/HE Consortium and the Cheshire and Warrington Lifelong Learning Network in which it works with all FE Colleges in the Cheshire and Warrington sub-region; 1 The Department for Education and Skills (now DIUS) promotes a national programme referred to as Aimhigher in which Universities, Colleges and schools work together to identify and support schemes that will encourage and facilitate progression into higher education. continue to be an active participant in the Aimhigher work which also seeks to promote greater participation of under represented groups in HE; continue to promote opportunities in HE through its liaison work with schools and colleges and support the continuation of a dedicated Widening Participation team within the Collaborative Partnerships Office; further develop its pre-entry support and guidance service to underpin confidence building and skills development amongst potential entrants to the University; further develop a curriculum enhancement service to complement and support the work of schools and colleges in raising student achievements, particularly within the framework of the new 14-19 diplomas; extend work with community groups targeted at raising awareness, offering role models and learning support. A priority for the University‟s outreach activities will be to maintain and extend existing, successful initiatives, including those that have previously attracted external funding, and to do so with the current target groups. These groups include:- year 5 and 6 pupils in low participation wards in Greater Manchester; 13+ year-olds living in wards that are amongst the 20% most deprived nationally; 13+ year-olds from families with little or no experience of higher education; 16+ year-olds taking vocational courses and modern apprenticeships; adult learners on Access to HE programmes; learners in the workplace, especially advanced apprentices; ethnic minority students, especially Afro-Caribbean and female Bangladeshi; looked after children; unemployed adults. Additionally, in consultation with schools, colleges, workforce development providers and with Aimhigher Area Partnerships, it will develop additional initiatives. Some of these, especially, but not solely, with Aimhigher providers, will encourage and enable participation in higher education generally. Others will contribute to applications to MMU itself. Current activity already extends to a substantial range of such work all of which is above and beyond that delivered by the Faculties utilising the HEFCE WP Premium. Table 1 provides details.

The University’s Outreach Work. In the context of this Agreement „‘outreach work‟ work’ refers to a wide range of University activities that are undertaken with the aim of raising aspirations and attainment, encouraging those from groups that are under-represented to apply to join higher education programmes of study and supporting the endeavours of those who actually do so. Hence, it also includes activities undertaken throughout the student life cycle aimed at increasing the likelihood that students from under-represented groups will be more attracted to engaging with higher education and ultimately be successful. Evaluation of such activities within our Foundation Year programme, and through our emerging University Retention Strategy has indicated considerable impact to date in realising these objectives. The University has a long-standing and very effective record of participation in outreach activities. These take the form of liaison work with schools and colleges, collaborative arrangements with Further Education college providers, pre-entry support and guidance, curriculum enhancement activities, open and visit days, mentoring, University summer schools and many other initiatives. The University‟s Widening Participation Strategy, its University’s Learning, Teaching & Assessment Strategy and its Equal Opportunities Policy are published on the University website. The University has approved and commenced implementation across the institution of a new widening participation strategy. Development of the strategy included an assessment of the previous OFFA Agreement. It became clear that its milestones did not allow us to measure progress against the aims set in HEFCE’s own strategic plan. Whilst we might report on increasing numbers of students from minority ethnic backgrounds, for instance, the data is simply not sufficiently fine-grained to show any real distinctions in terms of widening access. We have therefore clarified the objectives in the new strategy in relation to targeting, measurement and evaluation so that they align more closely to government aims for widening access. We are currently in the process of developing tools to allow us to track these. We have revised the milestones in this year Agreement to reflect this shift: whilst we include still those in the former Agreement, we have added others which relate to targets in our new WP strategy. We believe this will be a more realistic indication of our progress. In some of these instances, the figures indicated will be the base-line for future reporting, in others we will be able to show comparisons with previous years. Manchester Metropolitan University is a remains an active partner in Aimhigher1 North West, Aimhigher Greater Manchester and Aimhigher Cheshire and Warrington. Additionally, MMU is the lead partner in the Greater Manchester Strategic Alliance Lifelong Learning Network and is a member of the Cheshire and Warrington Lifelong Learning Network. Through these partnerships it works partnerships, we work with other higher and further education providers in the region, and with schools to promote opportunities into higher education. The University leads on several regional and sub-regional projects and will continue to commit institutional resources to this work. Specifically, for 2008/092009/10, through the implementation of the new strategy for Widening Participation, the University will:- • enhance the work of the Greater Manchester Strategic Alliance (or any comparable successor body) in which it works with the other four HE institutions and all post-16 providers in the Manchester region to promote and support opportunities for vocational learners to progress into HE qualification programmes; • enhance the work of the Cheshire and Warrington FE/HE Consortium and the Cheshire and Warrington Lifelong Learning Network in which it works with all FE Colleges in the Cheshire and Warrington sub-region; 1 The Department for Education and Skills (now DIUS) promotes a national programme referred to as Aimhigher in which Universities, Colleges and schools work together to identify and support schemes that will encourage and facilitate progression into higher education. • continue to be an active participant in the Aimhigher work which also seeks to promote greater participation of under represented groups in HE; • continue to promote opportunities in HE through its liaison work with schools and colleges and colleges, in particular through a new Associate College strategy underpinned by dedicated support from the continuation of a dedicated Widening Participation team within the new Collaborative Partnerships Office; • further develop its pre-entry support and guidance service to underpin confidence building and skills development amongst potential entrants to the University; • further develop a curriculum enhancement service to complement and support the work of schools and colleges in raising student achievements, particularly within the framework of the new 14-19 diplomas; • extend work with community groups targeted at raising awareness, offering role models and learning support. A priority for the University‟s University’s outreach activities will be to maintain and extend existing, successful initiatives, including those that have previously attracted external funding, and to do so with the current target groups. These groups include:- • year 5 and 6 pupils in low participation wards in Greater Manchester; • 13+ year-olds living in wards that are amongst the 20% most deprived nationally; • 13+ year-olds from families with little or no experience of higher education; • 16+ year-olds taking vocational courses and modern apprenticeships; • adult learners on Access to HE programmes; • learners in the workplace, especially advanced apprentices; • ethnic minority students, especially Afro-Caribbean and female Bangladeshi; • looked after children; • learners with disabilities; • unemployed adults. Additionally, in consultation with schools, colleges, colleges and workforce development providers and with Aimhigher Area Partnershipsproviders, it the University will develop additional initiativesinitiatives in line with its new Widening Participation strategy. MMU is represented on Aimhigher Area Partnership Committees for both Greater Manchester and Cheshire & Warrington, on the Greater Manchester HE group and on a number of Borough Partnerships. Through these links, we have been working in full partnership with the other HEIs in Greater Manchester and Cheshire to maximise opportunities for young people. Some of these, especially, but not solely, with Aimhigher providers, will encourage and enable participation in higher education generally. Others will contribute to applications to MMU itself. Current activity already extends to a substantial range of such work all of which is above and beyond that delivered by the Faculties utilising the HEFCE WP Premium. Table 1 provides details.

The University’s Outreach Work. In the context of this Agreement „‘outreach work‟ work’ refers to a wide range of University activities that are undertaken with the aim of raising aspirations and attainment, encouraging those from groups that are under-represented to apply to join higher education programmes of study and supporting the endeavours of those who actually do so. Hence, it also includes activities undertaken throughout during induction and in the student life cycle first year of undergraduate study aimed at increasing the likelihood that students from under-represented groups will be more attracted to engaging with higher education and ultimately be successfulsuccessful (see Table 1). Evaluation of such activities within our Foundation Year programme, and through our emerging University Retention Strategy engagement with a specific project established for the purpose (the Transition, Induction and Progression Strategies, or TIPS, project) has indicated considerable impact to date in realising these objectives. The University has a long-standing and very effective record of participation in outreach activities. These take the form of liaison work with schools and colleges, collaborative arrangements with Further Education college providers, pre-entry support and guidance, curriculum enhancement activities, open and visit days, mentoring, University summer schools and many other initiatives. The University‟s University’s Widening Participation StrategyStrategy (xxxx://xxx.xxx.xx.xx/academic/wp_strategy.php), its Learning, Learning and Teaching & Assessment Strategy (xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx.xx/atmmu/ltstrategy/index.htm) and its Equal Opportunities Policy are published on and Action Plan xxxx://xxx.xxx.xx.xx/humanresources/pdf/general/EqualOpportunitiesPolicy.pdf provide the context within which the University websiteoperates. Manchester Metropolitan University is a partner in Aimhigher1 AimHigher1 North West, Aimhigher AimHigher Greater Manchester and Aimhigher AimHigher Cheshire and Warrington. Additionally, MMU is the lead partner in the Greater Manchester Strategic Alliance Lifelong Learning Network and is a member of the Cheshire and Warrington Lifelong Learning Network. Through these partnerships activities it works with other higher and further education providers in the region, and with schools agencies such as Connexions to promote opportunities into higher education. The University leads on several regional and sub-regional projects and also on one of the national AimHigher projects. It will continue to commit institutional resources to this work. Specifically, for 2008/09not less than the period covered by this Agreement, the University will:- will: • enhance the work of the Greater Manchester Strategic Alliance (or any comparable successor body) in which it works with the other four HE institutions and all post-16 providers in the Manchester region to promote and support opportunities for vocational learners students to progress into HE qualification programmes; • enhance the work of the Cheshire and Warrington FE/HE Consortium and the Cheshire and Warrington Lifelong Learning Network in which it works with all FE Colleges in the Cheshire and Warrington sub-region; 1 The Department for Education and Skills (now DIUS) promotes a national programme referred to as Aimhigher in which Universities, Colleges and schools work together to identify and support schemes that will encourage and facilitate progression into higher education. • continue to be an active participant in the Aimhigher AimHigher work which also seeks to promote greater participation of under represented groups in HE; • continue to promote opportunities in HE through its liaison work with schools and colleges and support the continuation of a dedicated Widening Participation team within the Collaborative Partnerships OfficeEducational Liaison Unit; • further develop its pre-entry support and guidance service to underpin confidence building and skills development amongst potential entrants to the University; • further develop a curriculum enhancement service to complement and support the work of schools and colleges in raising student achievements, particularly within the framework of the new 14-19 diplomas; • extend work with community groups targeted at raising awareness, offering role models and learning support. A priority for the University‟s University’s outreach activities will be to maintain and extend existing, successful initiatives, including those that have previously attracted external funding, and to do so with the current target groups. These groups include:- year 5 and 6 pupils in low participation wards in Greater Manchester; include: • 13+ year-olds living in wards that are amongst the 20% most deprived nationally; • 13+ year-olds from families with little or no experience of higher education; • 16+ year-olds taking vocational courses and modern apprenticeships; adult learners ; 1 The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) promotes a national programme referred to as AimHigher in which Universities, Colleges and schools work together to identify and support schemes that will encourage and facilitate progression into higher education. • students on Access to HE programmes; learners in the workplace, especially advanced apprentices; • ethnic minority students, especially Afro-Caribbean and female Bangladeshi; looked after children; unemployed adults. Additionally, in consultation with schools, colleges, workforce development providers and with Aimhigher Area Partnerships, it will develop additional initiatives. Some of these, especially, but not solely, with Aimhigher AimHigher providers, will encourage and enable participation in higher education generally. Others will contribute to applications to MMU itself. Current activity already extends to a substantial range of such work all of which is above and beyond that delivered by the Faculties utilising the HEFCE WP Premium. Table 1 provides detailsappended to this document gives details of some of the principal activities. The University will commit approximately one third of its additional fee income across outreach activities, pre-entry support and cash bursaries.

The University’s Outreach Work. In the context of this Agreement „outreach work‟ refers to a wide range of University activities that are undertaken with the aim of raising aspirations and attainment, encouraging those from groups that are under-represented to apply to join higher education programmes of study and supporting the endeavours of those who actually do so. Hence, it also includes activities undertaken throughout the student life cycle aimed at increasing the likelihood that students from under-represented groups will be more attracted to engaging with higher education and ultimately be successful. Evaluation of such activities within our Foundation Year programme, and through our emerging University Retention Strategy has indicated considerable impact to date in realising these objectives. The University has a long-standing and very effective record of participation in outreach activities. These take the form of liaison work with schools and colleges, collaborative arrangements with Further Education college providers, pre-entry support and guidance, curriculum enhancement activities, open and visit days, mentoring, University summer schools and many other initiatives. The University‟s Widening Participation Strategy, its Learning, Teaching & Assessment Strategy and its Equal Opportunities Policy are published on the University website. The University has approved and commenced implementation across the institution of a new Widening Participation strategy. Development of the strategy included an assessment of the previous OFFA Agreement. It became clear that its milestones did not allow us to measure progress against the aims set in HEFCE‟s own strategic plan. Whilst we might report on increasing numbers of students from minority ethnic backgrounds, for instance, the data is simply not sufficiently fine-grained to show any real distinctions in terms of widening access. We have therefore clarified the objectives in the new strategy in relation to targeting, measurement and evaluation so that they align more closely to government aims for widening access. We are currently in the process of developing tools to allow us to track these. We have revised the milestones in this year‟s Agreement to reflect this shift: whilst we include still those in the former Agreement, we have added others which relate to targets in our new WP strategy. We believe this will be a more realistic indication of our progress. In some of these instances, the figures indicated will be the base-line for future reporting; in others we will be able to show comparisons with previous years. Manchester Metropolitan University is a remains an active partner in Aimhigher1 North West, Aimhigher Greater Manchester and Aimhigher Cheshire and Warrington. Additionally, MMU is the lead partner in the Greater Manchester Strategic Alliance Lifelong Learning Network and is a member of the Cheshire and Warrington Lifelong Learning Network. Through these partnerships it works partnerships, we work with other higher and further education providers in the region, and with schools to promote opportunities into higher education. The University leads on several regional and sub-regional projects and will continue to commit institutional resources to this work. Specifically, from 2009/10, through the implementation of the new strategy for 2008/09Widening Participation, the University will:- enhance the work of the Greater Manchester Strategic Alliance (or any comparable successor body) in which it works with the other four HE institutions and all post-16 providers in the Manchester region to promote and support opportunities for vocational learners to progress into HE qualification programmes; enhance the work of the Cheshire and Warrington FE/HE Consortium and the Cheshire and Warrington Lifelong Learning Network in which it works with all FE Colleges in the Cheshire and Warrington sub-region; 1 The Department for Education and Skills (now DIUS) promotes a national programme referred to as Aimhigher in which Universities, Colleges and schools work together to identify and support schemes that will encourage and facilitate progression into higher education. continue to be an active participant in the Aimhigher work which also seeks to promote greater participation of under represented groups in HE; continue to promote opportunities in HE through its liaison work with schools and colleges and colleges, in particular through a new Associate College strategy underpinned by dedicated support from the continuation of a dedicated Widening Participation team within the new Collaborative Partnerships Office; further develop its pre-entry support and guidance service to underpin confidence building and skills development amongst potential entrants to the University; further develop a curriculum enhancement service to complement and support the work of schools and colleges in raising student achievements, particularly within the framework of the new 14-19 diplomas; embed its support for care leavers on arrival at MMU and develop further its support for raising aspiration of young people still in care by asking care leavers to be trained as mentors; extend work with community groups targeted at raising awareness, offering role models and learning support. A priority for the University‟s outreach activities will be to maintain and extend existing, successful initiatives, including those that have previously attracted external funding, and to do so with the current target groups. These groups include:- year 5 and 6 pupils in low participation wards in Greater Manchester; 13+ year-olds living in wards that are amongst the 20% most deprived nationally; 13+ year-olds from families with little or no experience of higher education; 16+ year-olds taking vocational courses and modern apprenticeships; adult learners on Access to HE programmes; learners in the workplace, especially advanced apprentices; ethnic minority students, especially Afro-Caribbean and female Bangladeshi; looked after childrenlearners with disabilities; unemployed adults. Additionally, in consultation with schools, colleges, colleges and workforce development providers and with Aimhigher Area Partnershipsproviders, it the University will develop additional initiativesinitiatives in line with its new Widening Participation strategy. MMU is represented on Aimhigher Area Partnership Committees for both Greater Manchester and Cheshire & Warrington, on the Greater Manchester HE group and on a number of Borough Partnerships. Through these links, we have been working in full partnership with the other HEIs in Greater Manchester and Cheshire to maximise opportunities for young people. Some of these, especially, but not solely, with Aimhigher providers, will encourage and enable participation in higher education generally. Others will contribute to applications to MMU itself. Current activity already extends to a substantial range of such work all of which is above and beyond that delivered by the Faculties utilising the HEFCE WP Premium. Table 1 provides details.