Our Aims
Our Aims for Widening Participation and Access
We aim to ensure that all those with the potential to benefit from Higher Education have the opportunity to do so, whatever their background and whenever and however they need it.
This means providing for the needs of a growing number of students with a broad variety of previous life, educational experiences and styles of learning. These students may return on more than one occasion across their lifetime in order to refresh their knowledge, upgrade their skills and sustain their employability and this is something that we continue to encourage.
We have strong connections to, and work closely with, schools, the community, business and Higher and Further Education institutions.
Our Widening Participation Strategy helps us in our Mission and to support the University College ethos and values. Its over-arching aims include:
- To raise the aspirations of those who may not traditionally have considered higher education as a viable option, but who have the capacity to benefit
- To support the progression of under-represented groups onto higher education courses
- To provide a support infrastructure which secures excellent retention and achievement from students from under-represented groups.
Included here is some of the University College work which contributes towards increasing access and participation in Higher Education.