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Access, Excellence and Impact Committee Monday 17Th July 1 Access, Excellence and Impact Committee Monday 17th July 1-3pm, Board Room Agenda 1. Welcome & Introductions J Mack 2. Apologies J Mack 3. Access, Excellence and Impact Committee Terms of Reference (paper for note) J Mack 3.1 Terms of Reference – Access, Excellence and Impact Committee All Operations Group (paper) 4. Fair Access 4.1. Fair Access Agreement 2018/19 overview (paper) S Ponsford 4.2. FAA 2018/19 funding and budget (paper) R Pottle 4.3. OFFA 2015/16 monitoring outcomes – implications for BU (paper) S Ponsford 4.4. Overview of current projects and 2016/17 budget position (papers) J Mack 4.5. Project proposals for consideration 4.5.1. Mobile Cyber Lab for School Outreach (paper) All 4.5.2. Invent-it-up – proposal for continuation (paper) All 4.6. Approach to future FAA 2019/20 and beyond (discussion) All 5. TEF Steering Group wash-up actions (paper) All 6. Priorities for 2017/18 work plan and beyond (discussion) All 6.1. Assessment Project (paper to follow) 7. Any other business 8. Date and time of next meeting PDF Page No1 Access, Excellence and Impact Committee (AEIC) Terms of Reference 2017/18 Purpose To lead activities in relation to education access, excellence and impact; targeting the highest levels of achievement and benefits to applicants, students and the University. Main 1. To lead academic access, excellence and impact, raising responsibilities awareness across the institution of issues relating to fair access and the TEF and building networks to share good practice. 2. To establish institutional definitions, benchmarks and measures of access, progression, excellence and impact. 3. To identify the mechanisms required in order to monitor performance and to undertake regular monitoring of this data. 4. To cross map data in order to identify areas which require investigation at BU in relation to access and excellence and request the AEIC Operational Group to investigate these further. 5. To set the tasks to be undertaken by the AEIC Operational Group and oversee this. 6. To finalise, subject to ULT and UET approval, institutional and subject level narrative submissions related to the Teaching Excellence Framework. 7. To finalise, subject to Senate, UET and Board approval, the Fair Access Agreement and annual monitoring return. 8. To review and agree the allocation of spend of Fair Access Agreement monies, working at all times within the scheme rules, and set the priorities for the AEIC Operations group. 9. To review evaluation and progress monitoring reports against the Fair Access Agreement and all other agreed activities, leading action as appropriate to ensure that targets and milestones will be met. 10. To provide a bi-annual report of activities and progress to relevant deliberative and executive committees. Duration Permanent Chair Head of Academic Services (Chair) Head of Centre for Excellence in Learning (CEL) (Co-Chair) Secretary Head of Academic Quality Membership . Education and Student Experience Committee Deputy Chair . Academic Standards Committee Deputy Chair . Head of CEL . Head of Student Services . Head of PRIME . Director of Marketing & Communications and Access Lead . Executive Dean and Learning Environment Academic Lead . Executive Dean and Teaching Quality Academic Lead . Executive Dean and Student Outcomes & Learning Gain/Progression Academic Lead . Executive Dean and Retention & Success Academic Lead . SU VP Education . Deputy Vice Chancellor (ex-officio) Quorum 50% + 1 Frequency of Quarterly Meetings Reporting Line ULT Minutes ULT Sub-committees AEIC Operational Group Publication of I:Drive and SharePoint site (address to be confirmed) Papers Policy and Committees use only: Final approval by: UET Version number: Version 1 Approval date: June 2017 Notes: Date of last review: n/a Due for review: June 2018 1 PDF Page No2 Access, Excellence & Impact Committee (AEIC) Operational Group Terms of Reference 2017/18 Purpose To ensure the effective delivery of operational plans and priorities under the direction of the Access, Excellence and Impact Committee. Main responsibilities 1. To lead academic access, excellence and impact awareness raising across the institution. 2. To lead and support the development of networks to share good practice. 3. To support the development and review of relevant policy and procedures. 4. To investigate specific areas of interest as identified by the AEIC to support strategic planning and project prioritisation. 5. To develop, and then recommend to AEIC, project plans to support the development of narrative submissions for the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). 6. To guide work undertaken by subject level TEF groups. 7. To lead the development of the annual Fair Access Agreement. 8. To oversee the collation of the annual Fair Access monitoring return. 9. To undertake the operational aspects of managing the Fair Access Agreement monies. 10. To develop and monitor progress against specific operational plans and report on this regularly to the AEIC. 11. To produce findings reports and supporting data. Duration Permanent Chair Head of Student Administration (Chair) Deputy Head of CEL (Co-Chair) Secretary Academic Quality Manager Membership - Faculty Deputy Deans Education and Professional Practice - Faculty Heads of Department (HoD representatives,1 per Faculty) - Head of Academic Quality - Deputy Head of PRIME - Head of Academic Operations - Head of UK Student Recruitment & Outreach - Head of Admissions - Representative from Student Services - Representative from Finance & Performance - Representative from SUBU - Head of Academic Services (ex-officio) - Head of CEL (ex-officio) Quorum 50% + 1 Frequency of Every other month/ 6 times per year Meetings Reporting Line AEIC Minutes Not required Sub-committees None Publication of Papers SharePoint site (address to be confirmed) Policy and Committees use only: Final approval by: UET Version number: 1 Approval date: July 2017 Notes: Date of last Due for review: July 2018 review 1 PDF Page No3 2 PDF Page No4 Bournemouth University Fair Access Agreement 2018-2019 BU Access Agreement 2018/19 – Subject to University Board Approval 1 PDF Page No5 Bournemouth University Fair Access Agreement 2018/19 1 Fair Access & Widening Participation at BU ............................................................................... 3 1.1 Consultation with our Students ........................................................................................... 3 1.2 Statement from the Students’ Union ................................................................................... 4 1.3 Students included in this Agreement.................................................................................. 4 2 Whole of Institution Approach...................................................................................................... 5 2.1 BU Priorities ........................................................................................................................... 6 2.2. Financial Support .................................................................................................................. 6 3. Access .................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Raising Attainment in Schools and Colleges ...................................................................... 8 3.2 Collaboration.......................................................................................................................... 9 4 Student Success ................................................................................................................... 10 5 Progression .......................................................................................................................... 12 6 Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment ............................................................. 13 7 Equality & Diversity ............................................................................................................ 14 8 Financial Information ................................................................................................................... 14 8.1 Fees ...................................................................................................................................... 14 8.2 BU Investment in Access, Success and Progression ....................................................... 15 9 Provision of Information to Prospective Students ..................................................................... 15 10 Students Covered in Previous Access Agreements ................................................................. 16 APPENDIX 1 – BU Bursaries .............................................................................................................. 17 APPENDIX 2 – Partner Colleges ........................................................................................................ 18 APPENDIX 3 – Targets and Milestones ............................................................................................ 19 BU Access Agreement 2018/19 – Subject to University Board Approval 2 PDF Page No6 1 Fair Access & Widening Participation at BU Bournemouth University’s strategic plan (BU2018: Creating, Sharing, Inspiring) has a clear statement on its commitment to fair access and widening participation: We will focus our investment in activity that raises aspirations in society to engage in higher education and seek ways to ensure that the benefits are clearly visible and quantifiable.
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