Objective 7 Mathematics, re-structured – Investigate year on year UG student their UG course with an progression and retention. emphasis on small group teaching and proactively Investigate and seek to check on students who fail increase, where necessary, to attend lectures regularly. year on year UG progression amongst students of different The Department of protected characteristics. Mathematics, introduced in 2012/13 a Peer Mentoring Continue to encourage Scheme for level 2 and 3 inclusive teaching and learning students with the aim of practice. reaching 25% of students who might otherwise not A mapping exercise which looked at the progress. The Department actions Academic Schools were taking on also ran Skills’ ‘Essential retention was conducted by the Student sessions where students Equality and Diversity Office in November get help with their 2012. The aim of the exercise was to mathematical skills. explore how best the Student Equality and Diversity Office could support Academic Most of the Schools had Schools academically and applied for, and were to increase their retention awarded, the 2012-13 rates. OFFA funding aimed at Retention Projects within Five out of eight Schools engaged with the the different Schools. mapping exercise. Their responses rightly showed that Schools were taking both Following the Mapping Exercise, the academic and non-academic approaches Student Equality and Diversity Office were to ensuring progression and retaining given an opportunity to run a Workshop in students. For example - the Brunel Business School as part of the School’s annual Equality Staff The Department of Development session. The Workshop Information Systems and explored options which may help address Computing, within the the issues identified under Objectives 6 School of Information and 7. Systems, Computing and
Objective 7 – Investigate year on year UG student progression and retention. Investigate and seek to increase, where necessary, year on year UG progression amongst students of different protected characteristics. Continue to encourage inclusive teaching and learning practice. A mapping exercise which looked at the actions Academic Schools were taking on retention was conducted by the Student Equality and Diversity Office in November 2012. The aim of the exercise was to explore how best the Student Equality and Diversity Office could support Academic Schools academically and to increase their retention rates. Five out of eight Schools engaged with the mapping exercise. Their responses rightly showed that Schools were taking both academic and non-academic approaches to ensuring progression and retaining students. For example - The Department of Information Systems and Computing, within the School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics, re-structured their UG course with an emphasis on small group teaching and proactively check on students who fail to attend lectures regularly. The Department of Mathematics, introduced in 2012/13 a Peer Mentoring Scheme for level 2 and 3 students with the aim of reaching 25% of students who might otherwise not progress. The Department also ran ‘Essential Skills’ sessions where students get help with their mathematical skills. Most of the Schools had applied for, and were awarded, the 2012-13 OFFA funding aimed at Retention Projects within the different Schools. Following the Mapping Exercise, the Student Equality and Diversity Office were given an opportunity to run a Workshop in the Brunel Business School as part of the School’s annual Equality Staff Development session. The Workshop explored options which may help address the issues identified under Objectives 6 and 7.
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