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Making the money work: Developing sustainable funding schemes for access and success – A view from England. Michael Hill. Structure of session. The present situation in England (2011 – present) How we arrived (2003 – 2011) The future (2013 - ?) Key issues. Present situation. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Michael Hill
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The present situation in England (2011 – present)
How we arrived (2003 – 2011)
The future (2013 - ?)
Key issues
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Sources of funding specifically aimed at widening access and success include:
HEFCE grants
National Scholarship Programme (NSP)
Access Agreements
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£140.4m in 13/14 allocated by student profile to universities to support extra costs of:
Outreach activity to raise aspirations and attainment of under-represented groups
Supporting greater access to HE and improve learning experience of disabled students
Helping students at risk of not completing (as part of teaching enhancement funds)
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For new entrants to undergraduate programmes in England
It provides direct financial benefit to individual, eligible students
Each eligible student receives an award of not less than £3,000 This is a one-year benefit.
No more than £1,000 (pro rata) of the overall award is to be provided as a cash bursary
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2006 – present Universities must have an Access
Agreement approved by the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) if they are to charge more than the minimum fee
A proportion of the additional fee income must be allocated to safeguard access and retention
Proportion can be between 10% and 30%
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For HEFCE: Every university writes and reports on a
Widening Participation Strategic Assessment (WPSA)
For OFFA: Every university (if they charge over £6,000
per annum) reports on the spend and impact of the Access Agreement
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HEFCE grant - yes Access Agreement – yes (from 2006) NSP – no
But included specifically funded partnership work :
Aimhigher 2003 – 2011 Lifelong Learning networks 2004 – 2012
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HEFCE grant under threat
NSP – finishing in 2015 – replaced by emphasis on postgraduate WP bursaries
Probable reintroduction of regional outreach partnerships – no specific funding – must come from universities
National strategy from 2014 – to bring together single reporting of impact and funding
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Access
Admissions
Retention and Success
Sustainability
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Access - recognition of different approaches amongst universities◦ For some might be a major part of their
recruitment - for others might be their “contribution” to the national picture. Both need robust means of targeting and evaluating and needs to be efficient for the university and schools
◦ Advantages of partnerships are clear but take time, trust and funding
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Admissions
Still a major issue in England:
Use of contextual data – measuring potential
Publicising of bursaries – complex picture
Easier to take the “safe choice”
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For many universities retention, attainment of “best degrees” and progression to employment and postgraduate study for WP cohorts is an issue
Example from one English university:Black students 25% less likely than white students to get best degree irrespective of entry qualification
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Importance for WP students of engagement, self confidence and belonging
Importance of engaging academic staff and ensuring they take responsibility - increase in subject based pedagogical research
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Importance of senior managers ensuring strategies include access, admissions and retention and success and support:
academic staff capacity to deliver
professional staff capacity to deliver
student capacity to deliver
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http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/wp/
http://www.offa.org.uk/
http://actiononaccess.org/
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/retention/PHF/retention_and_success_change_programme_2012-2015
http://www.f-a-c-e.org.uk/