At Teesside University we believe that everyone should be able to achieve their full potential and are committed to creating an inclusive campus that embraces diversity and supports students to succeed.
To achieve this, within our Access and Participation Plan we have identified priorities to enable access to higher education, ensure success in students' studies and support progression into graduate level employment or further studies.
Priorities have been developed through analysis of data and in consideration of the Office for Students' Equality-of-Opportunity-Risk-Register. Knowing the barriers that students can face enables us to create targeted interventions to address them.
We recognise that for some there are systemic barriers to higher education. Our goals to enable access for all are:
More information about how we widen participation and increase access to higher education
We recognise that disabled students and those with mental health conditions face barriers to remaining in higher education and achieving their full potential. To ensure success our goals are to ensure that students with disabilities and/or mental health conditions:
More about support available for disabled students
More about support available for mental health conditions
We recognise that progression into graduate-level employment or further education can vary regionally and are linked with socio-economic backgrounds, access to social or financial capital or experiencing mental health conditions. To support progression our goals are to:
More about the support available for progression after studies