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Working with a rare creature the mature and part-time learner Tricia King @TriciaKing1 & Garmon Ap Garth @Garmonap Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 Slide 9 Slide 10 Slide 11 Slide 12 Slide 13 Slide 14 Slide 15 Slide 16 Slide 17 Slide 18 Large increases in BME students enrolling on undergraduate courses. From 40% in 2010/11 to 52% in 2014/15 BMEWhiteNot Known 2010/1140%58%2% 2011/1247%52%1% 2012/1350%49%1% 2013/1452%47%1% 2014/1552%46%2% Slide 19 Slide 20 Widening access with mature and part- time students 1.Trends in mature and part-time students 2.Issues of WP work with mature students 3.How Birkbecks continues to focus WP work on mature students Accessible outreach Financial support Flexible entry requirements and introductory certificates Career focus Slide 21 Enrolments by intensity of study Slide 22 Age by intensity of study Part-time Full-time Slide 23 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 Slide 24 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 Childrens Centres Slide 25 Widening access at Birkbeck Slide 26 Pop Up university Partner with Enfield borough, 3 FE colleges and local community groups Slide 27 Working with parents Slide 28 Delivering aspiration raising lectures with community partners (eg libraries) Slide 29 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 Slide 30 Widening Access and Student Engagement team Garmon ap Garth g.ap-garth@bbk.ac.uk 020 8430 3123