How we help you tackle the ofs risks
The Equality of Opportunity Risk Register (the EORR) identifies 12 sector-wide risks that may affect a student’s opportunity to access and succeed in higher education. The 12 risks are divided into three subcategories - Access, On Course, and Progression.
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1. Knowledge & skills
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Students may not have equal opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills required to be accepted onto higher education courses that match their expectations and ambitions.
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2. Information & guidance
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Students may not have equal opportunity to receive the information and guidance that will enable them to develop ambition and expectations, or to make informed choices about their higher education options.
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3: Perception of higher education
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Students may not feel able to apply to higher education, or certain types of providers within higher education, despite being qualified.
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4. Application success rates
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Students may not be accepted to certain types of providers within higher education, despite being qualified.
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5: Limited choice of course type & delivery mode
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Students may not have equal opportunity to access a sufficiently wide variety of higher education course types.
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Our four frameworks – choices, employability, learning, and wellbeing – directly reduce the impact of OfS’ Access risks in students’ lives. It’s important to recognise that the root of each risk does not arise in the same place the risk starts to present itself and, by targeting our sessions to school students, we help prevent the formation of these risks in the first instance.
Through our interactive, award winning sessions we provide students with the knowledge they need to make well informed decisions about their futures. In particular, Push is dedicated to supporting students from disadvantaged backgrounds and aims to grow their understanding and perception of higher education. We make sure students have access to up to date, high quality information about all the possible next steps available to them and make sure they understand how to use their current skills and develop new ones in order to achieve their dreams. Our work really does affect the students we see - you can read about our theory of change here.
We offer sessions concerning how the brain works, how to best utilise your memory when studying, how to build confidence and resilience in the face of failure, what employability means (soft & hard skills), applying to university, and how to live a full, enriched life, to name a few.
If you chose to partner with Push, we will deliver engaging, motivational, educational sessions for your target students and, at the same time, help tackle the risks identified by OfS and support your access & WP programmes.
Through our interactive, award winning sessions we provide students with the knowledge they need to make well informed decisions about their futures. In particular, Push is dedicated to supporting students from disadvantaged backgrounds and aims to grow their understanding and perception of higher education. We make sure students have access to up to date, high quality information about all the possible next steps available to them and make sure they understand how to use their current skills and develop new ones in order to achieve their dreams. Our work really does affect the students we see - you can read about our theory of change here.
We offer sessions concerning how the brain works, how to best utilise your memory when studying, how to build confidence and resilience in the face of failure, what employability means (soft & hard skills), applying to university, and how to live a full, enriched life, to name a few.
If you chose to partner with Push, we will deliver engaging, motivational, educational sessions for your target students and, at the same time, help tackle the risks identified by OfS and support your access & WP programmes.
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6: Insufficient academic support
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Students may not receive sufficient personalised academic support to achieve a positive outcome.
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7: Insufficient personal support
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Students may not receive sufficient personalised academic support to achieve a positive outcome.
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8: Mental Health
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Students may not experience an environment that is conducive to good mental health and wellbeing.
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10: Cost pressures Increases in cost pressures may affect a student’s ability to complete their course or obtain
a good grade.
a good grade.
11. Capacity issues Students may not have equal opportunity to access limited resources related to higher
education, such as suitable accommodation.
education, such as suitable accommodation.
Progression
12. Progression from Students may not have equal opportunity to progress to an outcome they consider to be a
higher education positive reflection of their higher education experience.
higher education positive reflection of their higher education experience.
Want to explore the Risk Register in more detail? Here's the Office for Students site.
Interested in getting PUSH in to deliver a session? All you need to do is ask.