Welcome

Wendy Marshall

Head of Student Recruitment and Outreach

• 13:00 – 13:05: WelcomeWendy Marshall, Head of Student Recruitment and Outreach

• 13:05 – 13:45: Higher Education sector updateProfessor Stuart Laing, Deputy Vice Chancellor

• 13:45 – 14:25: Introducing the Compact and Plus ProgrammePenny Edwards, Student Recruitment ManagerGino Graziano, Widening Participation Outreach

Manager

• 14:25 – 14:35: Break

• 14:35 – 15:15: Optional development workshopsPersonal statement & reference writing for professional and interviewing courses, M129Personal &reference writing for academic courses,

M101

• 15:15: Refreshments and networking

Agenda

University entrance in England

A new pattern emerging?

Professor Stuart Laing

University of Brighton

• ABB extension (the end of the tariff?)

• Higher offer levels/more enticement

• Reduction in SCN numbers

• More FEC and private provider places

• Increase in applications?

• More deferred entrants

• Instability all round

2013 – National picture

• National applications 2.4% up

• Brighton applications 3.4% up

• National offers – 8% up

• Brighton offers – 14% up

• FECS in trouble

• Winners and losers

2013 – What is happening

• Confirmation decisions (the near misses)?

• Insurance offer conversion

• Clearing behaviours

• Plus or minus 3%

• Value for money?

2013 Intakes

• Orientation - academic/professional

• Place - coastal/’London by the Sea’

• Ethos – permeable/green/engaged

• Pitch – independent/stable/future-orientated

• Responsiveness – faster/more sensitised/media savvy/quality not quantity

Universities and positioning –Brighton

• ABB extension – marginal adjustments

• SCN numbers shifting?

• FEC price war?

• But normalisation of £9k

• A level grades depressed?

• Some universities go to the wall

2014 – National picture

• Stabilise offer levels

• Align intake plans with student demand and HMG planning

• Increase IAG and applicant communication

• Improve facilities and digital delivery

• Develop Compact activity

2014 - Brighton

• £45m in savings in HEFCE T budget

• £260m savings in FEC budget

• Real cut in maintenance grants

• Re-focusing of National Scholarship Scheme (abolished for undergraduates)

• GENERAL ELECTION

2015 and beyond

Compact and the Plus Programme

Gino Graziano Penny Edwards

Widening Participation Manager Student Recruitment Manager

Introducing the Compact

Rationale

Benefits and support for Schools and Colleges

Future developments

2013 Sussex and Brighton & Hove enrolments

Applied Social Science - 38.36%

Arts and Media – 16.73%

BSMS – 9.56%

Business School – 21.92%

Computing, Engineering and Mathematics – 28.73%

Education – 34.19%

Environment and Technology – 17.73%

Hastings Campus – 33.04%

Health Professions – 30.68%

Humanities – 15.27%

Nursing and Midwifery – 57.62%

Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences – 14.52%

Sport and Service Management – 21.25%

University of Brighton regional enrolments – 2013 entry

• Relevance of Accord in new HE environment• Difficult to develop due to differing recruitment priorities

• Integration of widening participation outreach with recruitment and education liaison activity.

• Providing greater support for feeder schools/colleges

• National changes to provision of careers advice

• Aim higher responsibilities shifted to HEIs

• Increasing requests for IAG support

• Clearer financial advice for parents and advisers

• Individual progression arrangement provides greater clarity for advisers and allows for more flexibility within the scheme.

Rationale

• Education Liaison: impartial information, advice and guidance for students (and parents/carers) considering HE.

• Support, advice and training for advisers.

• Information events for students, advisers and parents.

• Support for careers provision within school/college.

• Promoting partnership to parents and potential students?

• Adding value for Ofsted reports and Matrix accreditation?

Partnership with schools/colleges

• Dedicated members of university staff in Brighton and Hastings

• Advisers have clear understanding of Brighton and UBH provision

• We have better understanding of issues facing schools/colleges

• Well prepared appropriate applicants for HE

• Progression arrangements for students for most subjects

Benefits

Guaranteed offers and interviews

High demand Interviewing courses excluded from Accord offer

Concerns that guaranteeing interview raised unfair expectations

Stronger partnership links provide opportunity to review guarantees for interviewing courses

eg. BioMedical Science and Podiatry now included within scheme

Guaranteeing interviewsCourse

2013 applications

Places available

Applications per place

Primary Education (3-7)

497 52 9.5

Primary Education (5-11)

1,147 105 11

PE with QTS 348 44 8

Adult Nursing 1,465 210 7

Mental Health Nursing

388 35 11

Child Nursing 477 36 13

Midwifery 791 32 25

Physiotherapy 733 50 14.5

Paramedic Practice 645 20 32

Pharmacy 779 113 7

Social Work 337 20 17

• Predicted ABB/DDD/34 IB or equivalent

• Work experience:• At least two weeks with relevant age group in a

school within two years of application

• GCSE:• B in English Language• B in either Maths or Science

• Endorser has attended university selection training session: Wednesday 25 September 2013

• Endorsement to be emailed to Compact Liaison Officer

Competitive course endorsement scheme pilot: Primary Education

2014 entry pilot restricted to school/college leavers:

Primary Education with QTS for 2014 entry

Physical Education with QTS - if endorsement process for physical activity can be established

Possible expansion for 2015 entry

Inclusion of more courses

Access applicants

Compact Plus Programme

Widening Participation

Benefits of the Plus Programme

Eligibility and application process

Collaboration and good partnership

Activities

Future developments

• Recognition that not all students are afforded the same opportunities

• Targeted support for underrepresented groups

• Access agreement and Office for Fair Access

• Increased emphasis on evidence and evaluation

• University’s strategic plan

• Long history of widening participation outreach

• Loss of Aimhigher Sussex

• Integration with broader education liaison service

• Additional support for students who need it

Widening Participation

• All those associated with the Compact, plus…

• Activities and events

• Bursary

• Dedicated coordinators cross county based in Brighton and Hastings

• Work as WP Ambassador

Benefits of the Plus Programme

Who is eligible?

Students who: • have been in the care of a local authority• have a disability or learning difficulty• are a young carer• have refugee or asylum seeker status

• are the first generation to go to university• have been eligible for free school meals or in

receipt of a 16-19 college bursary• live in an area where less than average people go

to university• live in a household where the main wage earner is

in National Statistics category 4–8

Closely targeted – OFFA guidelines and additional fee income

Please discuss any extenuating circumstances with the Compact Plus Coordinator

• Students from partner schools/colleges complete an application form

• Online version on website from September

• Paper versions from school/college contact and at talks/events

• Parental permission required if under-18

• Return to school or college Compact coordinator

• University of Brighton confirms eligibility to student and coordinator

• Students receive regular emails and newsletters

• Book onto activities they are interested in direct

Application process

Collaboration and good partnership

• Working closely with partner FE colleges to support their HE widening participation outreach

• Developing creative partnerships with other HEIs to raise aspirations

• Higher Education Access Tracker

• Contributing to national debate with 13 other HEIs

• Encouraging students to make the right decision for them

Activities

• Pre-16 strand

• Post-16 & Access to HE diploma

• Summer schools

• Mentoring programmes

• Taster events

• Student shadowing

• Workshops

Regular updates to participants, schools and colleges

Web based calendar

• Expansion of competitive course endorsement scheme

• Expanding Compact to schools/colleges outside Sussex

• Taster events and workshops to assist progression to university programmes

• Curriculum links• Post-16 subject awareness

• Revision lectures

• Recommendations from schools/colleges

Future developments

• Deeper commitment to widening participation

• Gathering evidence base to inform future developments in widening participation

• More activities in broader subject areas

• Fully developed communication channels

• Matching WP Ambassadors with their former schools

• Compact fund

• Increased parental involvement

• Pre entry modules

Future developments

Compact and Compact Plus

Any questions?

www.brighton.ac.uk/compact

Break

Personal statement and reference writing

Professional and interviewing courses, Mayfield 129

Academic courses, Mayfield 101