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香港六合彩中特网 staff and students can apply to fund projects to enable the academic success, retention and continuation of underrepresented, UK domiciled, undergraduate students.
Who are the听Student Success team?听
Established in March 2022, the Student Success Office was established to focus on initiatives that enable all 香港六合彩中特网 students to be successful, regardless of their background.听
The team leads on the design, development听and implementation of 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 strategies to support academic success and听close awarding and retention gaps across 香港六合彩中特网. Taking an institution-wide approach, the听Office delivers initiatives and provides resources for both staff and students across 香港六合彩中特网 to听create听cultural听and institutional change. The team focuses strongly on听evaluation and research and an evidence-led approach is taken to facilitate success for student groups where there are unexplained gaps in degree outcomes.
Who does the team work with?听
Student Success initiatives are funded by 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚听Access and Participation Plan. The Office currently works to support UK undergraduate students who belong to at least one of the following groups:
- Access 香港六合彩中特网 students
- Disabled students
- Mature students
- Care experienced and estranged students
- BAME students
香港六合彩中特网 Access and Participation Plan identifies three key barriers to student success for these groups. These are their wellbeing, sense of belonging and their teaching and learning experience.听These barriers are interconnected and along with existing support services, Student Success aim to tackle these barriers, and hence degree outcome gaps, holistically.
What is the Student Success ChangeMakers fund?
The 香港六合彩中特网 Student Success team and ChangeMakers are excited to present a transformative initiative dedicated to empowering marginalised and underrepresented students. The 香港六合彩中特网 Student Success team leads on the design, development, and implementation of 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 strategies to support academic success and close awarding and retention gaps across 香港六合彩中特网 and one factor in achieving our aims is the pressing need for inclusive educational opportunities.听The fund is developed in collaboration with the 香港六合彩中特网 Arena Centre's Inclusive Education Lead.
Our approach centres on the unique strengths, resilience, and untapped potential within marginalised communities. Through this initiative, we aim to proactively address systemic barriers, and provide these student groups with the platform to contribute to real change at 香港六合彩中特网.
Successful applications should focus on student-centred projects with measurable outcomes focused on the following aims:
- Create learning environments that acknowledge, validate, and celebrate our diverse student body.听
- Create inclusive culture, policies, and operations.听
- Establish an equitable approach to student support and co-curricular provision.听
- Encourage varied forms of success that value students鈥� strengths.听
Projects should be evidence-based and seek to embed material change for the benefit of future students. As well as academic success, retention and continuation, projects should focus on culture change that will increase feelings of belonging for, and amplify voices of, underrepresented students at 香港六合彩中特网.
香港六合彩中特网 Arena鈥檚 work on inclusive education is an important part of this partnership. Guidance on cultivating inclusive staff-student partnerships and tailored support for individual projects will be available.
Suggested activities听
鈥嬧赌嬧赌嬧赌嬧赌嬧赌�Projects and interventions must be aimed at increasing equity for the following UK-domiciled undergraduate student groups:听
- The Access 香港六合彩中特网 cohort听听
- Care experienced and estranged students听听
- Mature students听听
- Disabled students听听
- BAME students
Activities could include:
- Developing learning and teaching resources
- Events for students
- Resources for staff and/or students
- Hosting a podcast episode(s)
The Student Success Team also runs the Student Success Fund (for staff). Previous projects that have been funded have included: transition support for mature students on the Engineering Foundation Year, a Laws Writing Lab, workshops to explore disability and neurodivergence in the development of alternative assessment, a podcast focussing on students from the Access 香港六合彩中特网 cohort, and a writing support programme (Writing SHS+) in the SHS faculty.
