Arden University Access and Participation Plan 2020-21
Arden University Access and Participation Plan 2020-21 All data sources in this section are from the OfS Access and Participation dataset. Arden University provides higher education by part-time online distance learning and full-time blended learning through its Study Centres. Its mission is to remove the barriers to higher education, inspire new ways to learn and enrich people and their lives. Arden’s vision is to be known as the University that made higher education more accessible and beneficial to all. Arden University’s belief is that everyone, everywhere has a right to higher education. Its insight is that many people, at different stages of life, are constrained in their ability to study and to progress – constrained by expectation, geography, financial circumstances, other commitments or even just by time. Whilst Arden University does not limit its access and participation strategies to students from BAME backgrounds, students from low higher education participation, low household income and/or low socioeconomic status, mature students or disabled students, data shows that 92.7% of Arden’s UK undergraduate students have at least one of these characteristics, and 80% of our full time students are BAME. Therefore, Arden is a significant and growing provider of access to higher education for the government’s targeted low participation groups. Arden University is making headway in improving access to HE. The focus and priority for our change will be on significantly improving the continuation and success of our students, by supporting them with the many challenges that our distinct community of students face. Since 2016, Arden University has been offering a Full-Time (FT) Blended Learning experience in its study centres located in London (Ealing, Tower Hill, Holborn) and Birmingham and Manchester, whilst it previously offered Distance, Part-Time (PT) provision only.
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