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Successful student diversity (HEFCE 2002/48)
The case studies
The 23 examples contributed by higher education institutions for this guide illustrate departmental strategies and practices to widen participation in higher education. They reflect practice in progress, and include contact details for further information.
The case studies are presented in three main groupings associated with:
- widening participation, incorporating pre-access initiatives as well as recruitment and retention practices
- learning, teaching and assessment, illustrating relationships between departments and institutional strategies, especially those associated with devolved finance, and providing examples of cultural change
- disability, highlighting ways to provide support and adapt existing courses so that all students have a fair chance of succeeding.
The last two case studies, of integration, illustrate overlap between these three areas, in two very different contexts.
Contents
Widening participation
| Case study 1 |
Access to maths and science courses.
Queen Mary College, University of London. |
| Case study 2 |
'Women into Technology and Science' access course.
Huddersfield University, Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences. |
| Case study 3 |
The London Nursing Initiative
King's College, London, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery. |
| Case study 4 |
Retention at Teesside Business School.
University of Teesside. |
| Case study 5 |
Widening participation and retention through partnerships.
York St John College, School for Sport Science and Psychology. |
| Case study 6 |
Gateway to higher education.
University of Plymouth, Faculty of Human Science. |
| Case study 7 |
Admissions to Design Courses.
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication. |
| Case study 8 |
Supporting and retaining students.
Cumbria Institute of the Arts. |
| Case study 9 |
Outreach and access to medicine.
University of Sheffield. |
| Case study 10 |
The health care practice framework.
Sheffield Hallam University. |
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Learning, teaching and assessment
| Case study 11 |
Devolved funding to implement institutional strategy within schools.
Liverpool John Moores, School of Biological and Earth Sciences. |
| Case study 12 |
Developing shared values in learning, teaching and assessment.
University of the West of England, Faculty of the Built Environment. |
| Case study 13 |
Developing a departmental teaching and learning culture.
Imperial College of Science, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology. |
| Case study 14 |
Implementing the learning and teaching strategy at faculty level.
The University of Central England, The Business School. |
| Case study 15 |
Aligning the use of staff to the achievement of strategic aims.
University of Sussex, School of Legal Studies. |
| Case study 16 |
Contribution of annual monitoring to strategic improvement.
University of Southampton, Department of Electronics and Computer Science. |
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Disability
| Case study 17 |
Delivering an inclusive curriculum using specialist software.
UMIST, Department of Computation. |
| Case study 18 |
Developing an accessible distance-taught MSc.
University of Salford, SURFACE, School of Construction & Property. |
| Case study 19 |
Identifying the factors that support disabled students.
University College Worcester, Department of Applied Education. |
| Case study 20 |
Role of departmental disability tutor in meeting students' needs.
The University of Hull, Department of Psychology |
| Case study 21 |
Support for disabled students undertaking fieldwork.
University of Gloucestershire (lead site in a consortia of 8 HEIs) |
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Integration
| Case study 22 |
Creating links between widening participation, disability and learning/teaching strategies.
University of Sussex, School of Legal Studies. |
| Case study 23 |
Integrating supportive frameworks for the learner.
The London Institute, London College of Printing. |
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