Flexible models of study, Tricia King and Gamon ap Garth, University of London
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Working with a rare creature – the mature and part-time learner Tricia King @TriciaKing1 & Garmon Ap Garth @Garmonap
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Working with a rare creature –the mature and part-time learner
Tricia King @TriciaKing1 & Garmon Ap Garth @Garmonap
• Large increases in BME students enrolling on undergraduate courses.
• From 40% in 2010/11 to 52% in 2014/15
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2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
Undergraduate Ethnicity Year on Year
BME
White
Not Known
BME White Not Known
2010/11 40% 58% 2%
2011/12 47% 52% 1%
2012/13 50% 49% 1%
2013/14 52% 47% 1%
2014/15 52% 46% 2%
Widening access with mature and part-time students
1. Trends in mature and part-time students2. Issues of WP work with mature students 3. How Birkbeck’s continues to focus WP work on
mature students– Accessible outreach – Financial support– Flexible entry requirements and introductory
certificates– Career focus
Enrolments by intensity of study
2011/2 2012/3 2013/4 2014/5
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UGDPart time
UGDFull time
Age by intensity of study
Part-time Full-time
WP work with mature students: Issues
• Before supporting them, we have to find them! • Mature students require different means of outreach and
widening access interventions• Mature students tend to have different concerns and
different pressures, therefore react differently to younger students
• Work in community centres hit hard by the new fee system– Loans– Uncertainty in employment, benefits etc
Continued committed to working with mature students
1. Delivering accessible outreach• Get Started workshops (application, finance, preparation)• Learning Cafes• Pop Up University• Trade unions • Well-being project• Online support• Working with London boroughs• Working with parents • Children’s Centres
Widening access at Birkbeck
Pop Up university
Partner with Enfield borough, 3 FE colleges and local community groups
Working with parents
Delivering aspiration raising lectures with community partners (eglibraries)
Continued committed to working with mature students
1. Delivering accessible outreach
2. Career support– Career advice and IAG
3. Financial support – Part-time students prioritised in our financial support scheme
4. Flexible entry requirements and introductory courses– Higher Education Introductory Studies – Progression to year 2 when relevant
