APR Evidence APR Site Visit and DropIn Research

APR Evidence APR Site Visit and Drop-In Research

We engaged with a variety of HEIs through site visits, drop in sessions, IT visits and regional workshops ▪ Focussed interviews with key staff to understand the admissions process including: the Head of Admissions, admissions officers, marketing staff, IT staff and course tutors. ▪ ▪ Mapped the end to end admissions process for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Explored the implications for part-time courses. Focussed interviews with key IT staff to understand the current systems that support the admissions process. Tested emerging models at regional workshops with a broad range of stakeholders.

List of HEIs visited during site visit research § § § Aberystwyth University Birkbeck University of London Lancaster University Liverpool John Moores University London South Bank University Newcastle College Plymouth University Queen Mary, University of London Southampton Solent University Teesside University The Open University § § § University of the Arts London University of Bedfordshire The University of Edinburgh University of Essex University of Exeter University of Glasgow University of Glamorgan University of Leicester The University of Manchester The University of Nottingham University of Ulster University of the West of Scotland

List of HEIs visited during drop in research § § § § § Academic Registrars Council (ARC) – Admissions Practitioner Group Arty Admissions Workshop Business Innovation and Skills – Part-time Study Meeting Guild HE Russell Group Meeting Birkbeck, University of London School of Economics University College London University of Bath The University of Edinburgh § § § § § University of Essex University of Glamorgan University of Leeds The University of Manchester Universities Marketing Forum Newcastle University The University of Nottingham The University of York St John University Teesside University

HEIs visited during IT site visits § § § § Aberystwyth University Kingston University Oxford University Southampton Solent University of the Arts London University of Cambridge University Campus Suffolk The University of Edinburgh § University of Exeter § § University of Glamorgan University of Ulster

Regional Workshop Locations § § § § Chelmsford Durham Exeter Glasgow London Manchester Stoke