Our Objectives

• Objective 1: Increase and then maintain the percentage of Asian students at UON.
• Objective 2: Annually monitor the level of GEM (Global Ethnic Majority) access at UON and maintain it at over 25%.
• Objective 3: Increase the proportion of students from socio-economically deprived backgrounds, measured using IMD Q1/2 home postcodes.
• Objective 4: Reduce the access gap (31.6pp) between male (34.2%) and female (65.8%) students.

Risks Addressed: Knowledge and skills; Information and guidance; Perceptions of HE; Data and systems integration

• Objective 5: Reduce the GEM (Global Ethnic Majority) [65.2%]:White (71.5%) continuation gap (6.3pp)
• Objective 6: Monitor the continuation gap (17.2pp) for students from socio-economically deprived backgrounds, measured using IMD Q1/2 home postcodes.IMD Q1/Q2 (59.9%) and IMD 3/4/5 (77.1%)
• Objective 7: Reduce the male (55.8%) and female (76.2%) continuation gap  (20.4pp)
• Objective 8: 90% continuation (82.6% 4 Year Average) at UON by 2028/29.

Risks Addressed: Knowledge and skills; Information and guidance; Perceptions of HE; Academic support; Personal support; Mental health; Data and systems integration

• Objective 9: Reduce the White (78.3%) and GEM (Global Ethnic Majority) [53.4%) award gap (25pp).
• Objective 10: Monitor the IMD Q1/Q2 (58.9%) and IMD 3/4/5 (73.4%) award gap (14.5pp).

Risks Addressed: Academic support; Personal support; Mental health; Data and systems integration

• Objective 11: Increase outcomes for Asian students (65.8%) to align with the rest of the GEM (Global Ethnic Majority) cohort (71.9%).

Risks Addressed: Academic support; Personal support; Mental health; Data and systems integration

• Objective 12 (PTA4): Reduce barriers to the declaration of disabilities at all stages of the student lifecycle.

Risks Addressed: Perceptions of HE; Academic support; Personal support; Mental health; Data and systems integration