Unique learners participating by activity type and year group
59746
12863 6368
36993 35795
21320 19754
10409 12417
8503 291 2619 460 529 1100 692 633 62
Campus Visit |
IAG / General HE Information |
Subject Masterclass / Subject Insight |
Mentoring |
Skills and Attainment ( incl . Tutoring ) |
Summer School |
Y9 Y10 Y11 Y12 Y13 Age 19 +
What progress has Uni Connect made towards its aims ?
Aim : Reducing the gap in higher education participation between the most and least represented groups
The HEAT-Member Uni Connect Partnership Aggregate HESA Tracking Report 2018 / 19 ( October 2020 ) examines rates of higher education ( HE ) progression amongst students who engaged in outreach activities delivered by 24 out of 29 Uni Connect Partnerships . The analysis samples participants who were at least 18 years of age and therefore ready to enter HE in 2018 / 19 , and who had been recorded on the Higher Education Access Tracker ( HEAT ) database as having participated in at least one outreach activity ; this sample was then matched to those on the Higher Education Statistics Agency ( HESA ) entrants ’ database . This data matching allowed tracking of participants , to reveal how many had entered HE as first-time entrants since participating in outreach . Progression rates were then analysed according to which POLAR 4 Quintile 10 students participating in outreach lived in , and compared with rates for all students aged 18 or 19 across England 11 .
The analysis found HE progression rates to be 11 percentage points higher among the students from underrepresented groups who had participated in Uni Connect outreach by 2018 / 19 , compared with all students aged 18 or 19 in England ( 38 % compared with 27 % for POLAR 4 Q1 ), with a smaller gap between the most and least represented groups ( 4 percentage points ,
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The participation of local areas ( POLAR ) classification groups areas across the UK based on the proportion of young people who participate in higher education . POLAR classifies local areas into five groups - or quintiles - based on the proportion of young people who enter higher education aged 18 or 19 years old . Quintile one shows the lowest rate of participation . Quintile five shows the highest rate of participation . For more details please see the Office for Students website : https :// www . officeforstudents . org . uk / data-and-analysis / youngparticipation-by-area / about-polar-and-adult-he / 11 From Table showing HE Progression Rate for ' All Characteristics ' for Q1 - Most Disadvantaged , Q2 , Q3 , Q4 and
Q5 - Most Advantaged from ' Widening participation in higher education ' in England between 2009 / 10 and 2018 / 19 on Gov . uk website : https :// explore-education-statistics . service . gov . uk / datatables / permalink / f0b41c52-4acb-459d-a91d-8c5718fc422d 7