Uni Connect hubs will deliver programmes of sustained and progressive outreach to address outreach gaps for underrepresented pupils and learners in the highest-priority schools and colleges. This will encompass activity funded by Uni Connect as well as interventions that are not OfS-funded, such as provider, third sector or other provision.
We will develop a new approach to identifying the highest-priority schools and colleges. This will replace the current area-based targeting and will be used to direct programme funding and targeting from academic year 2022-23 onwards. We will consult further on our approach to identifying the highest-priority schools and colleges.
We will work closely with the Department for Education to develop our methodology for identifying the highest-priority schools and colleges. This will draw on higher education participation rates and contextual information examining participation with regard to Key Stage 4 attainment. In doing this our approach will mirror that taken to identify the original Uni Connect target areas.
