Briefings
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Action on Access latest WP eBulletin (July)
published: July-2012The current monthly electronic Bulletin from Action on Access. As well as the usual What’s New, WP events, and Vacancies this issue highlights the work of some of the post-Aimhigher organisations working in 2012.
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Retention Bulletin 07 – March 2012
published: March-2012A pre-Retention Convention briefing with advance information from the final event of the What Works? programme; a conference which encompasses retention work from across the sector not just the programme. The convention will provide ideas, tools and enthusiasm for retention and success in HE.
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Social Mobility through Higher Education:Aligning Widening Participation and Equality
published: November-2011The briefing describes the ways in which institutions are aligning equality with widening participation and discusses how there could be greater alignment between these two related but separate agendas. It offers a set of reflective questions for HEIs to explore creating a greater alignment.
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Social Mobility through Higher Education: Promoting the success of all Students
published: September-2011This briefing embraces a broad notion of what constitutes student success encompassing: transition into HE; retention, progression and completion within the target award; comparative achievement within HE; and successful progression. It offers a set of reflective questions for HEIs.
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Social Mobility through Higher Education Topic Briefing on Engaging Adults
published: July-2011This topic briefing is intended to provide an overview of how institutions are engaging with adults and explores the implications and approaches institutions might consider to assist them with further development in this area. It offers a set of reflective questions to help HEIs engage with adults.
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Retention Bulletin 06 – July 2011
published: July-2011Overview of a conceptual model illustrated with examples and demonstrating how the conceptual framework can be used to aid understanding of practice and develop it further by focusing on institutional transformations to enhance student engagement therefore to improve student retention and success.
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Social Mobility through Higher Education: Flexible Learning
published: June-2011This topic briefing provides an overview from the 2009 Widening Participation Strategic Assessments of how institutions are providing flexible learning opportunities; and the contribution of different types of flexible learning to widen access and improve success for under-represented groups.
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Social Mobility through Higher Education Topic Briefing: the Role of Targeting
published:This topic briefing provides an overview of how institutions are targeting their widening participation activities and the targeting guidance available to assist them.It offers a set of reflective questions for HEIs to explore how the success of their targeting may be explored and improved.
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Mainstreaming Widening Participation and Equality in Institutions
published: May-2011This topic briefing provides an overview of what is meant by ‘mainstreaming widening participation and equality’ across the student lifecycle and across the institution.It offers reflective questions for HEIs to explore how mainstreaming strategies and activities may be explored and improved.
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Retention Bulletin 05 – December 2010
published: December-2010Updates and interim project reports at the end of the second year, and analysis and review of the emrging commonalities and indications of the emerging conceptual model. Links to HEA research publications.
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Retention Bulletin 04 – July 2010
published: July-2010The emerging findings from the 7 funded projects with top tips to improve student retention and success from the project teams, answering the question of What Works? and based on their evidence to date. Report on Retention Convention March 2010.
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Retention Bulletin 03 – February 2010
published: February-2010A review of the key issues for the projects – methods used, evaluation, target groups and subject areas examined. Also key conceptual models on student persistence and retention developed in the USA with practical implications for institutions linked to developing UK theoretical frameworks.
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Retention Bulletin 02 – December 2008
published: December-2008In this second briefing we also provide you with emerging findings from the seven projects. Already they are generating insightful evidence, and tentative commonalities between the projects can be identified. For example
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Retention Bulletin 01 – April 2008
published: April-2008In this edition of the briefing we provide you with details of the seven projects which have been funded and provide an introduction to the Support and Co-ordination Team. To receive future briefings you need to become a member of the Retention Network.