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Analysis, data and progress reports

The list below is a library of all data, analysis and research published by or for OFFA. It includes: findings and data from our annual access agreement decisions; outcomes from our annual monitoring of access agreements; analysis of trends and progress in fair access; and research done in-house or commissioned externally. You can also find out about research currently in progress.

2017

Title	Date	Reference	Author
Access agreement monitoring for 2015-16: supplementary note (institutional evaluation of access agreement activity and financial support) This document presents analysis of OFFA’s monitoring of institutional evaluation in 2015-16 access agreements	October 2017	2017/09	OFFA
Access agreement 2018-19: key statistics and analysis (revised) This document presents and analyses key data from 2018-19 access agreements. It supersedes publication 2017/06, following the confirmation of tuition fee caps in October 2017. Download data tables 1-3 (sector-level data) as Excel spreadsheet Download data table 4 (institution-level data) as Excel spreadsheet	October 2017	2017/08	OFFA
Understanding a whole institution approach to widening participation: Final report Summary report and recommendations Implementation and evaluation toolkit and guidance Outputs of a research project commissioned by OFFA and carried out by Professor Liz Thomas.	October 2017	2017/07	Professor Liz Thomas, Liz Thomas Associates
Access agreements 2018-19: key statistics and analysis This document presents and analyses initial key data from 2018-19 access agreements. Please note: This publication has been superseded by OFFA publication 2017/08 following confirmation of tuition fee caps for 2018-19. Download data tables as Excel spreadsheet View OFFA press release	August 2017	2017/06	OFFA
Understanding the impact of outreach on access to higher education for adult learners from disadvantaged backgrounds: an institutional response A three-step evaluation tool for outreach to adults from disadvantaged backgrounds Outputs of a research project commissioned by OFFA and carried out by The Open University.	July 2017	2017/04	The Open University
Improving the evaluation of outreach: interview report The evaluation of the impact of outreach: proposed standards of evaluation practice and related guidance	June 2017	2017/03	University of Warwick
Outcomes of access agreement monitoring for 2015-16 This document presents the outcomes from OFFA’s monitoring of access agreements for 2015-16. Download user-friendly tool of all institutional milestones and targets, performance against HESA key performance indicators and commentary on progress against milestones and targets (Excel format) Download Annex Data Tables (Excel format) Download spreadsheet of all institutional targets (Excel format) View OFFA press release	June 2017	2017/02	OFFA

2016

Title	Date	Reference	Author
Understanding the impact of institutional financial support on student success: final project report	December 2016	2016/10	Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University
Understanding the impact of institutional financial support on student success: coding workbook for institutions	December 2016	2016/09	Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University
2017-18 access agreements: institutional expenditure and fee levels This document presents and analyses key data from 2017-18 access agreements. View OFFA press release Download data tables as Excel spreadsheet	September 2016	2016/07	OFFA
Access agreement monitoring for 2014-15: institutional evaluation, and equality and diversity This document presents outcomes of OFFA’s monitoring of institutional evaluation and equality and diversity in 2014-15 access agreements View OFFA press release	July 2016	2016/05	OFFA
Outcomes of access agreement monitoring for 2014-15 This document presents the outcomes from OFFA’s monitoring of access agreements for 2014-15. Download Annex B Data Tables (Excel format) Download spreadsheet of all institutional targets (Excel format) View OFFA press release	May 2016	2016/04	OFFA
Understanding the impact of institutional financial support on student success: phase one report	February 2016	2016/03	Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University

2015

Title	Date	Reference	Author
Access agreements for 2016-17: key statistics and analysis This document presents and analyses key data from 2016-17 access agreements. View OFFA press release Download data tables as Excel spreadsheet	July 2015	2015/06	OFFA
Outcomes of access agreement monitoring for 2013-14 This document presents the outcomes from OFFA’s monitoring of access agreements for 2013-14. Download Annex B Data tables (Excel format) View press release	June 2015	2015/04	OFFA
What do we know about the impact of financial support on access and student success? This report, commissioned by OFFA and written by Nursaw Associates, reviews published research on the impact of financial support provided to students by universities and colleges. It also summarises the findings of evidence submitted to Nursaw Associates by institutions with access agreements.	March 2015	2015/03	Nursaw Associates

Title

Date

Reference

Author

Access agreements for 2016-17: key statistics and analysis
This document presents and analyses key data from 2016-17 access agreements.
View OFFA press release
Download data tables as Excel spreadsheet

July 2015

2015/06

OFFA

Outcomes of access agreement monitoring for 2013-14

This document presents the outcomes from OFFA’s monitoring of access agreements for 2013-14.

Download Annex B Data tables (Excel format)

View press release

June 2015

2015/04

OFFA

What do we know about the impact of financial support on access and student success?

This report, commissioned by OFFA and written by Nursaw Associates, reviews published research on the impact of financial support provided to students by universities and colleges. It also summarises the findings of evidence submitted to Nursaw Associates by institutions with access agreements.

March 2015

2015/03

Nursaw Associates

2014

Title	Date	Reference	Author
Access agreements for 2015-16: key statistics and analysis This document presents and analyses key data from 2015-16 access agreements. View OFFA press release Download data tables as Excel spreadsheet	July 2014	2014/06	OFFA
Outcomes of access agreement, widening participation strategic statement and National Scholarship Programme monitoring 2012-13 This document presents the outcomes from OFFA and HEFCE’s monitoring of access agreements, widening participation strategic statements and the National Scholarship Programme for 2012-13. Download Annex C: Full data tables (Excel format) View OFFA press release See institutions’ self-assessments and commentaries for 2012-13	July 2014	OFFA 2014/05 (HEFCE 2014/15)	OFFA/HEFCE
2014-15 access agreements: revised data tables (PDF) 2014-15 access agreements: revised data tables (Excel) This document gives updated information on institutional expenditure and fee levels under access agreements approved for 2014-15. It supersedes the data published in OFFA publication 2013/04.	April 2014	2014/03	OFFA
An interim report: Do bursaries have an effect on retention rates? This report analyses trends in continuation rates in English higher education, and uses statistical modelling techniques to isolate the effect of institutional bursaries on retention. View press release	March 2014	2014/02	OFFA
Trends in young participation by student background and selectivity of institution This report analyses trends in young participation in English higher education by student background and selectivity of the institution attended.	February 2014	2014/01	OFFA

2013

Title	Date	Reference	Author
The uses and impact of access agreements and associated spend The purpose of this report was to help inform the national strategy for access and student success	December 2013	2013/06	CFE Research/Edge Hill University
2014-15 access agreements: institutional expenditure and fee levels Please note: This publication has been superseded by OFFA publication 2014/03 following changes to the National Scholarship Programme for 2014-15. View press release	July 2013	2013/04	OFFA
Access agreement and widening participation strategic assessment 2011-12 and National Scholarship Programme 2012-13 (in-year) monitoring outcomes Download Annexes A-C (MS Excel format) View press release See institutions’ self assessments and commentaries for 2011-12	June 2013	OFFA 2013/02 (HEFCE 2013/12)	OFFA/HEFCE

2012

Title	Date	Reference	Author
2013-14 access agreements institutional expenditure and fee levels This document shows estimated expenditure on access measures and fee levels (by sector and institution) under 2013-14 access agreements. Download data tables as Excel spreadsheet View press release	July 2012	2012/07	OFFA
Access agreements 2012-13 final data including ITT This document gives final information on approved access agreements for 2012-13 including undergraduate and postgraduate initial teacher training (ITT) courses. Download data tables as Excel spreadsheet	July 2012	2012/06	OFFA
Access agreement and widening participation strategic assessment monitoring: outcomes for 2010-11 Download Annexes A-C (MS Excel format) View press release See institutions’ self assessments and commentaries for 2010-11	July 2012	OFFA 2012/05 (HEFCE 2012/13)	OFFA/HEFCE

2011

Title	Date	Reference	Author
Updated access agreement data tables for 2012-13 (December 2011) Please note this data has been superseded by OFFA publication 2012/06. Updated tables showing estimated expenditure on access measures and fee levels (by sector, mission group and institution) for 2012-13 access agreements. Download updated 2012-13 data tables as Excel spreadsheet View press release	December 2011	2011/06	OFFA
Access agreement and widening participation strategic assessment monitoring: Outcomes for 2009-10 This is a joint OFFA/HEFCE monitoring report. It gives the results of OFFA’s monitoring of access agreements in 2009-10 and also the results of HEFCE’s monitoring against widening participation strategic assessments (WPSAs). Excel spreadsheet giving data for annexes A-C View press release	September 2011	OFFA 2011/04 (HEFCE 2011/29)	OFFA/HEFCE
Access agreement data tables for 2012-13 (July 2011) Please note this data has been superseded by OFFA publication 2012/06.Tables showing estimated expenditure on access measures and fee levels (by sector, mission group and institution) for 2012-13 access agreements. Download data tables as Excel spreadsheet View press release	July 2011	2011/03	OFFA

2010

Title	Date	Reference	Author
Have bursaries influenced choices between universities? Statistical analysis looking at the impact of bursaries on students’ university choices. View press release	September 2010	2010/06	OFFA
Access agreement monitoring: Outcomes for 2008-09 Our third monitoring report, giving the results of our monitoring of access agreements in 2008-09. View press release	August 2010	2010/05	OFFA
What more can be done to widen access to highly selective universities? Report by Sir Martin Harris on access to highly selective universities. View press release Download Annex C, ‘Trends in young participation by selectivity of institution’, separately	May 2010	2010/03	OFFA
Submission by OFFA to the Independent Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance This was our submission to the Review’s first call for evidence.	January 2010	2010/01	OFFA

2009

Title	Date	Reference	Author
Awareness, take-up and impact of institutional bursaries and scholarships in England This summary and recommendations document summarises the key findings of national research exploring the awareness, take-up and impact of institutional bursaries and scholarships in England. Download individual reports There are four individual reports on which the summary and recommendations document (see above) draws. These explore awareness, take-up and impact from the perspective of full-time undergraduate students, their parents, higher education institutions, and higher education advisors in schools and further education colleges. View press release	December 2009	2009/07	OFFA
Access agreement monitoring: Outcomes for 2007-08 Our second monitoring report, giving the results of our monitoring of access agreements in 2007-08. View press release	March 2009	2009/02	OFFA

2008

Title	Date	Reference	Author
Access agreement monitoring: Outcomes for 2006-07 Our first monitoring report, giving the results of our monitoring of access agreements in 2006-07. View press release	January 2008	2008/01	OFFA

2007

Title	Date	Reference	Author
Improving information: HEIs’ provision of online financial information This research study includes best practice on how higher education institutions can make their online financial information clear and accessible.	February 2007	N/A	Ipsos Mori