This document provides an agenda and summaries for a university recruitment event. The agenda includes welcome remarks, presentations on higher education trends, and workshops on personal statements and references. A presentation will discuss the Compact and Plus programs, which provide guaranteed offers and additional support to target underrepresented student groups. The Plus program offers activities, events, and bursaries to eligible students. Future developments may include expanding course endorsements, activities in more subjects, and pre-entry modules.

1. Welcome
Wendy Marshall
Head of Student Recruitment and Outreach

2. • 13:00 – 13:05: Welcome
Wendy Marshall, Head of Student Recruitment and
Outreach
• 13:05 – 13:45: Higher Education sector update
Professor Stuart Laing, Deputy Vice Chancellor
• 13:45 – 14:25: Introducing the Compact and Plus Programme
Penny Edwards, Student Recruitment Manager
Gino Graziano, Widening Participation Outreach Manager
• 14:25 – 14:35: Break
• 14:35 – 15:15: Optional development workshops
Personal statement & reference writing for professional
and interviewing courses, M129
Personal &reference writing for academic courses, M101
• 15:15: Refreshments and networking
Agenda

3. University entrance in England
A new pattern emerging?
Professor Stuart Laing
University of Brighton

4. • ABB extension (the end of the tariff?)
• Higher offer levels/more enticement
• Reduction in SCN numbers
• More FEC and private provider places
• Increase in applications?
• More deferred entrants
• Instability all round
2013 – National picture

5. • National applications 2.4% up
• Brighton applications 3.4% up
• National offers – 8% up
• Brighton offers – 14% up
• FECS in trouble
• Winners and losers
2013 – What is happening

6. • Confirmation decisions (the near misses)?
• Insurance offer conversion
• Clearing behaviours
• Plus or minus 3%
• Value for money?
2013 Intakes

7. • Orientation - academic/professional
• Place - coastal/’London by the Sea’
• Ethos – permeable/green/engaged
• Pitch – independent/stable/future-orientated
• Responsiveness – faster/more sensitised/media
savvy/quality not quantity
Universities and positioning –
Brighton

8. • ABB extension – marginal adjustments
• SCN numbers shifting?
• FEC price war?
• But normalisation of £9k
• A level grades depressed?
• Some universities go to the wall
2014 – National picture

9. • Stabilise offer levels
• Align intake plans with student demand and HMG
planning
• Increase IAG and applicant communication
• Improve facilities and digital delivery
• Develop Compact activity
2014 - Brighton

10. • £45m in savings in HEFCE T budget
• £260m savings in FEC budget
• Real cut in maintenance grants
• Re-focusing of National Scholarship Scheme
(abolished for undergraduates)
• GENERAL ELECTION
2015 and beyond

11. Compact and the Plus
Programme
Gino Graziano Penny Edwards
Widening Participation Manager Student Recruitment Manager

12. Introducing the Compact
Rationale
Benefits and support for Schools and Colleges
Future developments

13. 2013 Sussex and Brighton &
Hove enrolments
Applied Social Science -
38.36%
Arts and Media – 16.73%
BSMS – 9.56%
Business School – 21.92%
Computing, Engineering and
Mathematics – 28.73%
Education – 34.19%
Environment and Technology –
17.73%
Hastings Campus – 33.04%
Health Professions – 30.68%
Humanities – 15.27%
Nursing and Midwifery –
57.62%
Pharmacy and Biomolecular
Sciences – 14.52%
Sport and Service Management
– 21.25%
University of Brighton regional enrolments –
2013 entry

14. • Relevance of Accord in new HE environment
• Difficult to develop due to differing recruitment priorities
• Integration of widening participation outreach with
recruitment and education liaison activity.
• Providing greater support for feeder schools/colleges
• National changes to provision of careers advice
• Aim higher responsibilities shifted to HEIs
• Increasing requests for IAG support
• Clearer financial advice for parents and advisers
• Individual progression arrangement provides greater
clarity for advisers and allows for more flexibility
within the scheme.
Rationale

15. • Education Liaison: impartial information, advice
and guidance for students (and parents/carers)
considering HE.
• Support, advice and training for advisers.
• Information events for students, advisers and
parents.
• Support for careers provision within school/college.
• Promoting partnership to parents and potential
students?
• Adding value for Ofsted reports and Matrix
accreditation?
Partnership with schools/colleges

16. • Dedicated members of university staff in Brighton
and Hastings
• Advisers have clear understanding of Brighton and
UBH provision
• We have better understanding of issues facing
schools/colleges
• Well prepared appropriate applicants for HE
• Progression arrangements for students for most
subjects
Benefits

17. Guaranteed offers
and interviews
High demand
Interviewing courses
excluded from Accord
offer
Concerns that
guaranteeing interview
raised unfair
expectations

18. Stronger partnership
links provide
opportunity to review
guarantees for
interviewing courses
eg. BioMedical Science
and Podiatry now
included within scheme
Guaranteeing
interviewsCourse
2013
application
s
Places
available
Applications
per place
Primary Education
(3-7)
497 52 9.5
Primary Education
(5-11)
1,147 105 11
PE with QTS 348 44 8
Adult Nursing 1,465 210 7
Mental Health
Nursing
388 35 11
Child Nursing 477 36 13
Midwifery 791 32 25
Physiotherapy 733 50 14.5
Paramedic Practice 645 20 32
Pharmacy 779 113 7
Social Work 337 20 17

19. • Predicted ABB/DDD/34 IB or equivalent
• Work experience:
• At least two weeks with relevant age group in a
school within two years of application
• GCSE:
• B in English Language
• B in either Maths or Science
• Endorser has attended university selection training
session: Wednesday 25 September 2013
• Endorsement to be emailed to Compact Liaison
Officer
Competitive course endorsement
scheme pilot: Primary Education
2014 entry pilot
restricted to
school/college
leavers:
Primary Education with
QTS for 2014 entry
Physical Education with
QTS - if endorsement
process for physical
activity can be
established
Possible expansion for
2015 entry
Inclusion of more
courses
Access applicants

20. Compact Plus Programme
Widening Participation
Benefits of the Plus Programme
Eligibility and application process
Collaboration and good partnership
Activities
Future developments

21. • Recognition that not all students are afforded the
same opportunities
• Targeted support for underrepresented groups
• Access agreement and Office for Fair Access
• Increased emphasis on evidence and evaluation
• University’s strategic plan
• Long history of widening participation outreach
• Loss of Aimhigher Sussex
• Integration with broader education liaison service
• Additional support for students who need it
Widening Participation

22. • All those associated with the Compact, plus…
• Activities and events
• Bursary
• Dedicated coordinators cross county based in
Brighton and Hastings
• Work as WP Ambassador
Benefits of the Plus Programme

23. Who is eligible?
Students who:
• have been in the care of a local authority
• have a disability or learning difficulty
• are a young carer
• have refugee or asylum seeker status
• are the first generation to go to university
• have been eligible for free school meals or in
receipt of a 16-19 college bursary
• live in an area where less than average people go
to university
• live in a household where the main wage earner is
in National Statistics category 4–8
Closely targeted –
OFFA guidelines
and additional fee
income
Please discuss
any extenuating
circumstances
with the Compact
Plus Coordinator

24. • Students from partner schools/colleges complete
an application form
• Online version on website from September
• Paper versions from school/college contact and at
talks/events
• Parental permission required if under-18
• Return to school or college Compact coordinator
• University of Brighton confirms eligibility to student
and coordinator
• Students receive regular emails and newsletters
• Book onto activities they are interested in direct
Application process

25. Collaboration and good partnership
• Working closely with partner FE colleges to support
their HE widening participation outreach
• Developing creative partnerships with other HEIs to
raise aspirations
• Higher Education Access Tracker
• Contributing to national debate with 13 other
HEIs
• Encouraging students to make the right decision for
them

26. Activities
• Pre-16 strand
• Post-16 & Access to HE diploma
• Summer schools
• Mentoring programmes
• Taster events
• Student shadowing
• Workshops
Regular updates to participants, schools and colleges
Web based calendar

27. • Expansion of competitive course
endorsement scheme
• Expanding Compact to schools/colleges
outside Sussex
• Taster events and workshops to assist
progression to university programmes
• Curriculum links
• Post-16 subject awareness
• Revision lectures
• Recommendations from schools/colleges
Future developments

28. • Deeper commitment to widening participation
• Gathering evidence base to inform future
developments in widening participation
• More activities in broader subject areas
• Fully developed communication channels
• Matching WP Ambassadors with their former
schools
• Compact fund
• Increased parental involvement
• Pre entry modules
Future developments

29. Compact and Compact Plus
Any questions?
www.brighton.ac.uk/compact

30. Break
Personal statement and reference writing
Professional and interviewing courses, Mayfield 129
Academic courses, Mayfield 101