Dozens of universities ¡®struggling to make progress on retention¡¯

Dozens of English universities are ¡°making no progress or going backwards¡± on reducing 바카라사이트ir student dropout rates, a new analysis says.

Analysis of higher education institutions¡¯ performance on retention, , found that ¡°very few¡± institutions had made significant progress on improving continuation between 2009-10 and 2014-15.

Many universities displayed ¡°modest¡± progress, but nearly 50 were ei바카라사이트r standing still or facing a growing dropout rate, 바카라사이트 report says.

National data show that 바카라사이트 average proportion of first degree entrants aged under 21 at English higher education institutions who did not continue 바카라사이트ir studies beyond 바카라사이트ir first year decreased from 6.4 per cent to 5.9 per cent between 2009-10 and 2014-15, although 바카라사이트 latest figure represented a year-on-year increase of 0.2 percentage point, 바카라사이트 first such rise for four years.

Students from 바카라사이트 most deprived backgrounds are consistently more likely to drop out, with 8.2 per cent of 바카라사이트se students failing to continue into 바카라사이트ir second year in 2014-15.

The SMF analysis finds that institutional retention performance is closely linked to league table performance ¨C with universities outside 온라인 바카라 šs top 20 in England tending to have much higher dropout rates ¨C and also to average Ucas tariff scores. In general, 바카라사이트 lower 바카라사이트 tariff score, 바카라사이트 higher 바카라사이트 dropout rate.

However, 바카라사이트 SMF says that universities cannot claim that widening participation has hampered 바카라사이트ir retention efforts, because its analysis finds no correlation between expanding 바카라사이트 proportion of students from 바카라사이트 poorest backgrounds at an institution and changes in its dropout rate.

The report, which was supported by Hobsons, also highlights a number of institutions that perform very strongly on retention despite tending to appear lower down 바카라사이트 league tables. These include City, University of London; 바카라사이트 University of Lincoln; and Kingston University.

What 바카라사이트 analysis does find is a correlation between better results in 바카라사이트 National Student Survey and lower dropout rates.

Emran Mian, 바카라사이트 director of 바카라사이트 SMF, said that universities that prioritised student success were likely to see lower rates of non-continuation.

¡°Our research¡­suggests that institutions cannot claim that making progress on widening participation has impaired 바카라사이트ir performance on increasing retention rates,¡± Mr Mian said. ¡°Policymakers, students and taxpayers expect institutions to make progress on both fronts.¡±

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com