In March, OFFA and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) launched a call for evidence from WP practitioners, to inform the national strategy for access and student success. The deadline for this is Tuesday 28 April.
We want you to tell us about your successful work to widen participation, improve fair access and ensure student success, especially:
- approaches to evidence-based curriculum development to support WP and student success
- work to aid progression from higher education to employment and/or postgraduate study
- specific activity to address retention
- approaches to pastoral elements of student support
- collaborative work with charities, social enterprises and the not-for-profit sector
- collaborative work between universities and colleges, locally, regionally and nationally
- outreach work targeted at mature and part-time students.
- how your WP work interfaces with your equality and diversity agenda
- approaches to the evaluation and monitoring of your outreach/student success schemes.
This is a key opportunity to engage with the strategy and shape its final direction so we urge you to contribute if you can. Further information and guidance.
In addition, there is a discussion event next week at which you can have input into the strategy. The event, supported by OFFA, will be run by the National Education Opportunities Network on 22 April at the Institute of Education in London. Further details and how to reserve your place