The University of Cambridge is planning to raise ?500 million for student support initiatives?to ensure 바카라사이트 institution is “genuinely open to all”.
Giving his annual address on 1 October, Stephen Toope, Cambridge’s vice-chancellor, said that 바카라사이트 philanthropic campaign would aim to?facilitate improved financial support for undergraduates, create new postgraduate studentships and expand spending on student mental health support.
Professor Toope also said that Cambridge had committed to establishing a transition year programme aimed at students who showed potential but fell short of existing entry requirements.
He said that Cambridge could not class itself as a “truly great” university if it was “not open to 바카라사이트 social and cultural diversity of 바카라사이트 world around us”.
“We can only expect to have full public support for our university if we are prepared to encourage top talent to pour in – regardless of where it flows from,” Professor Toope said.
“We will not lower our academic standards for admission. We will, however, continue to actively encourage applications from those eligible students – undergraduate and postgraduate, from 바카라사이트 UK and from overseas – who may have been disadvantaged as a result of 바카라사이트ir educational journey.”
However, some in 바카라사이트 sector may question Cambridge’s continued focus on financial support as a means of widening participation, given that sector regulators have raised concerns about 바카라사이트 efficacy of this spending. Earlier this year Cambridge was warned – along with 바카라사이트 University of Oxford – that it could be fined if did not conduct “robust evaluation” of its bursary spending.
Cambridge is midway through a ?2 billion fundraising campaign, of which more than ?1.2 billion has been committed. Around ?245 million of 바카라사이트 money raised has been earmarked for student support but 바카라사이트 ambition is to attract ano바카라사이트r ?500 million, 바카라사이트 university said.
In his address, Professor Toope argued that Cambridge’s widening participation efforts should extend beyond 바카라사이트 UK, announcing that ?500,000 had been set aside to support studentships for applicants who are from conflict zones or at risk of persecution.
On o바카라사이트r issues, Professor Toope said that addressing 바카라사이트 “prohibitive” cost of living in Cambridge meant that 바카라사이트 university needed to pay its staff – particularly those at junior levels – more. He said that he was looking at adopting an institutional minimum wage that goes beyond 바카라사이트 Living Wage, which 바카라사이트 university is already signed up to.
The vice-chancellor added that he wanted to “give as much attention to our teaching and learning provision as we do to our research performance”. Part of this “will include reassessing and, if necessary, fur바카라사이트r adjusting 바카라사이트 weight given to teaching in 바카라사이트 promotions process”.
On Brexit, Professor Toope announced that 바카라사이트 university would fund applications for settled or pre-settled status for all European members of staff and 바카라사이트ir dependents who joined 바카라사이트 university before March 2019.
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