Addressing Barriers to Student Success programme

Some groups of students in higher education do not have the same chance as others to succeed in their studies or go on to a graduate-level job or further study.

The Addressing Barriers to Student Success programme was launched in 2017 to address differential outcomes within higher education and beyond.

The Office for Students provided £7.5 million of funding for the programme as a key aspect of our work to improve equal opportunities in higher education.

A total of 17 different projects were involved in the programme, including 59 higher education providers and 28 other organisations such as charities, employers and local enterprise partnerships.

The programme covered a broad range of areas across the student lifecycle including:

• inclusive and active teaching and learning practices
• wellbeing for students
• progression to postgraduate study
• graduate employability.

The programme has now come to an end and we have published the final evaluation report.