Our seven Intervention Strategies

1. UNI Club: A subject-focused, 8-week attainment and skills program enhancing research and personal skills for pupils.
2. Reading Warriors: Literacy program for primary and secondary schools to raise attainment and improve reading confidence.
3. National Saturday Club: Collaboration with the British Film Institute to develop a Film and Screen Club enhancing subject knowledge and confidence.
4. Lego Coding Club: Skills development program in collaboration with Cummins Engineering to enhance coding skills and employability knowledge.
5. Revision Boost: Partnership-based GCSE maths intervention to improve male students’ grades.
6. Primary SPARK Award: Social impact skills development program for primary school pupils.
7. Primary School Oracy Program: Enhanced oracy and debating skills program for primary pupils.
8. Widening Access Workshops*: Training workshops for staff on designing and delivering Widening Access programs.
9. Primary Law Taskmaster*: Knowledge development workshops in collaboration with Warwick University to introduce primary pupils to law concepts.
10. Drama in Action: Professional development program fostering attainment and skills through the arts.
11. Project Party: Project management skills program for pupils.

Evaluation:

All intervention strategy activities will be evaluated by the Activity Leader or, when the activity is a spotlight activity, evaluation will be led by our Institute for Social Impact and Innovation. Results will be published across a range of platforms, including our own webpages, external repositories, or even a conference!

* indicates a spotlight activity.

1. UCAS/UKUS Fair: A multi-HE institutional and employer fair based at UON to improve career knowledge and ambition.
2. Living Room Lectures: Annual webinar program to support an improved understanding of Higher Education.
3. Annual EDI Review: Inclusive review of event communications, web content, and student experience.
4. Careers in STEAM Northants: An annual careers exhibition focused on science, technology, engineering, arts, and maths.
5. First Generation Workshops*: Workshops targeted at students who are the first in their family to attend university.
6. Taster Day Review: Inclusive and accessible review of pre-event communications and booking processes for university taster days.
7. School CPD*: Teacher professional development networks supporting pupil attainment and skill development.
8. Care Leavers Program*: Tailored programs supporting care leavers, including employability workshops and mentoring.

Evaluation:

All intervention strategy activities will be evaluated by the Activity Leader or, when the activity is a spotlight activity, evaluation will be led by our Institute for Social Impact and Innovation. Results will be published across a range of platforms, including our own webpages, external repositories, or even a conference!

* indicates a spotlight activity.

1. Adversity to University*: Collaborative program with the University of Chichester to support care leavers in accessing Higher Education.
2. Tackling Futures*: Key Stage 3 boys-focused project to develop self-efficacy and study practices.
3. Primary Ignite Your Future*: Insight sessions to explore progression to Higher Education and potential careers.
4. Black Leaders Program*: Workshops exploring community, identity, and leadership to foster a sense of belonging.
5. Representative Student Ambassador Program*: Recruitment of ambassadors reflecting the diversity of the university’s population.

Evaluation:

All intervention strategy activities will be evaluated by the Activity Leader or, when the activity is a spotlight activity, evaluation will be led by our Institute for Social Impact and Innovation. Results will be published across a range of platforms, including our own webpages, external repositories, or even a conference!

* indicates a spotlight activity.

1. Integrated Foundation Year Enhancement*: Collaborative activity to improve continuation and belonging for foundation year students.
2. Learner Support Model: Proactive academic and wellbeing support across all undergraduate stages.
3. Quality Assurance Processes: Supplementing QA with APP and NSS data for institutional improvement.
4. GRIT Workshops: Student workshops on confidence, resilience, and self-efficacy.
5. Timetabling Optimisation: Responsive timetabling to better accommodate diverse student demographics.
6. Personal Academic Tutor (PAT) Steering Group*: Management and evolution of the PAT model to enhance support.
7. Universal Design for Learning: Optimising teaching and learning based on insights into human learning.
8. Targeted Mentoring*: Peer and professional mentoring opportunities for APP target cohorts.
9. Whole Provider Approach: Continued Professional Development Days: Up to 5 days across the academic year to engage all colleagues with training and information on the Access and Participation Plan.
10. APP Advocates and Ambassadors Programmes: Our Advocates programme supports staff to understand and apply the APP in their role. Our Ambassador programme funds staff-time to research or deliver a micro-intervention that enhances our learning of what works in APP at UON.
11. Robust Communications Plan: Development of a clear communications plan, that engages all stakeholders impacted by this APP.

Evaluation:

All intervention strategy activities will be evaluated by the Activity Leader or, when the activity is a spotlight activity, evaluation will be led by our Institute for Social Impact and Innovation. Results will be published across a range of platforms, including our own webpages, external repositories, or even a conference!

* indicates a spotlight activity.

1. Student Voice Strategy*: Embedding student voice into university strategy and decision-making practices.
2. Trust Guidelines: Implementing trust as a core tenet in staff-student interactions.
3. Support Services Profile Development: Highlighting the positive impact of UON personal support services.
4. Student Career Coaches: Peer-led career development framework targeting APP cohorts.
5. Care Leavers Employability Support*: Bespoke employability and job placement support for care leavers.
6. Diversified Work Experience*: Expanding paid work experience opportunities funded by employers or university funds.
7. Career Registration Survey: Tracking student career intentions and progression.
8. Student Ambassador Programme Evaluation*: A collaboration with University of Bedfordshire to evaluate our Student Ambassador programme.
9. Financial Support Package*: Targeted funds to support all our APP target cohorts at each stage of their student lifecycle.

Evaluation:

All intervention strategy activities will be evaluated by the Activity Leader or, when the activity is a spotlight activity, evaluation will be led by our Institute for Social Impact and Innovation. Results will be published across a range of platforms, including our own webpages, external repositories, or even a conference!

* indicates a spotlight activity.

1. Mental Health Charter Status: Embedding a whole-provider approach to mental health and wellbeing.
2. Transition Support: Support for students transitioning into university to improve mental health and wellbeing.
3. Suicide Safer Framework: Operationalising a proactive approach to suicide prevention and postvention.
4. Learnings from Manspace: Incorporating findings from “Manspace” to tailor mental health services.
5. Proactive Check-Ins: Follow-ups for students applying for mitigating circumstances to assess wellbeing.

Evaluation:

This evaluation will be co-designed with APP stakeholders, Activity Leaders, and Institute for Social Impact and Innovation as part of an all-encompassing evaluation of the Mental Health interventions.
Due to considerations of privacy dissemination will be limited to the APP Steering Group and publication of the Mental Health Charter Status.

* indicates a spotlight activity.

1. APP Integration into IT Strategy*: Ensuring APP priorities are central in IT governance and decision-making.
2. Data Governance Working Group*: Supporting effective data collection, analysis, and usage to improve student outcomes.
3. SITS Implementation*: Rolling out a new student records system to streamline data and support processes.
4. Value Added Platform*: Benchmarking program outcomes against sector averages for quality enhancement.

Evaluation:

This intervention will be a spotlight activity as part of an all-encompassing evaluation of the data and systems integration intervention strategy. This will be evaluated by Institute for Social Impact and Innovation in partnership with the activity leaders. The evaluation will be co-designed to ensure that the needs of the APP are met whilst ensuring that data governance is appropriate. Results will be published across a range of platforms, including our own webpages, external repositories, or even a conference!

* indicates a spotlight activity.