Underpinned by a compassionate belief in the important role played by Higher Education in increasing social mobility. Everyone with ‘ability, aptitude and potential’ should have equal opportunity to access the advantages it provides.

This is particularly the case for small and specialist institutions, which provide specific educational and career opportunities, but lack the economies of scale that would directly transmit their offer to all of those students who could benefit most from it. By working closely with these providers we are generating opportunities for collaboration and shared resource, bringing together providers and students to generate maximum benefit for both. 

Our Vision

By adopting a collaborative forward thinking approach we will support and enable small, specialist and newly registered higher education providers to successfully deliver their access and participation mission through an efficient delivery model. By working together we will develop and establish a collective voice which is heard and respected by the regulator and across the sector, and is recognised as a source of intelligence, evidence and influence.

Our Mission

To support small, specialist and newly registered higher education providers to: 

• meet all regulatory requirements related to data, monitoring, evaluation and research, across the whole student lifecycle as agreed in institutional Access and Participation Plans

• ensure strategic alignment across relevant activities and add value to broader institutional priorities 

• support and provide high-level strategic advice across the core gap areas common to these institutions, being: Data; Monitoring and Analysis; Research; and Evaluation

• identify opportunities for collaboration and leveraging shared resource

Benefits for our partners