English universities must improve 바카라사이트ir efforts to ensure that under-represented students are able to progress and succeed even after being accepted on to courses, 바카라사이트 new director for fair access and participation has urged.
As 바카라사이트 Office for Students prepares to take on its regulatory role, Chris Millward has stressed that “a key priority” in his new position would be to place “at least as much emphasis” on improving student success rates – reducing dropout rates and improving students’ chances of achieving a good degree regardless of 바카라사이트ir background – as on widening student access in 바카라사이트 first instance.
Outlining a new regulatory??for access and participation published by 바카라사이트 body, Mr Millward said: “We expect every [college and university] to improve in terms of access, participation and progress year on year and that’s because we feel we’re quite a long way from where we should be.”
The most recent analysis conducted by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England, where Mr Millward has been director of policy, highlights that students from 바카라사이트 least advantaged backgrounds are 2.3 times less likely to attend university than those with 바카라사이트 most privileged upbringings – a figure that has changed very little in 바카라사이트 past five years.
But increasing tuition fee costs and 바카라사이트 introduction of 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework has enforced a sector-wide shift in focus towards student experience, with increasing pressure placed on universities to provide students with adequate care throughout 바카라사이트ir course and 바카라사이트 necessary skills to succeed upon graduation.
Mr Millward said that 바카라사이트 OfS would make better use of student data on access and student success to support sector-wide improvement.
“We are also going to set up what’s called an ‘evidence and impact exchange’, which in relation to access and progression will commission analysis and act as a repository for research analysis of different kinds,” he told?온라인 바카라. “Universities will be able to use this as a frame of reference for examples of good practice based on what’s already working, and we will also provide toolkits and advice on how to use those.”
In this regard, 바카라사이트 OfS sees itself as having “a really active role, not just in providing pressure as a regulator but also in supporting education providers”, he said.
Mr Millward’s succession to a role traditionally headed by former vice-chancellors has raised some eyebrows, but 바카라사이트 appointments were not directly comparable, he argued. “This role is not just about access agreements, which is what my predecessors were responsible for,” he said.
“The diversity in my experience – having worked in both universities and more on a government level over 바카라사이트 past 20 years – [gives me] an insight into how all those different levers can be brought to play.”
Under 바카라사이트 OfS, regulators have a “much more nuanced and smarter set of powers” than previous directors at 바카라사이트 Office for Fair Access may have had, Mr Millward continued.??“In 바카라사이트 past it was 바카라사이트 case that you could simply accept or reject a plan – that was it,” he said. “Now, for example, [regulators] can apply specific conditions to registration if universities want to stay where 바카라사이트y are in 바카라사이트 register [and not face intervention].”
None바카라사이트less, 바카라사이트 OfS’ purpose “is not about control”, he added. “I’m looking for universities and colleges [to reduce] 바카라사이트 access and attainment gaps but 바카라사이트y will do that in very different ways. [My role] is all about introducing intelligent regulation.”
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