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Advice on requests to vary access and participation plans to cover academic year 2023-24

Universities and colleges are working with schools and other organisations to improve the attainment of disadvantaged pupils, and their chances of going on to higher education, a good degree and a graduate-level job. But there is more that they can do, and our regulation will continue to actively encourage this.

This briefing summarises progress in the National Data Skills project to date.

In this document we analyse the responses to our consultation and outline our decisions.

As well as gaining the benefit of studying with an English university or college, in the UK or overseas, international students make an invaluable contribution to our higher education, culture and economy. Though we have data about these students’ numbers and demographics, too little is known about their unique experiences and needs, and the best ways for universities to support them.

Call for evidence

We explore how the targets for an additional 75 higher education providers with access and participation plans, together with additional historical student data, affected the ambition and likely progress at a sector level in addressing four of the OfS key performance measures.

Letter on monitoring of access and participation plans for 2020-21, sent to accountable officers on 15 March 2022.

A summary of the local impact evidence to date for Uni Connect.

These digests are based on interviews and a workshop with partnership leads conducted as part of Uni Connect’s formative evaluation (2019-2021), commissioned by the Office for Students. They are not intended to provide a definitive approach to professional development for leaders and teachers, rather some useful learning points for consideration.