Awarding Gaps: Definitions and Targets
Awarding gaps are structural inequalities in which students graduate with a 1st/2i (a 'good degree' in the UK system). The University of Hull sees closing awarding gaps as an ethical and moral issue, and essential to achieving the institutional vision of a brighter, fairer, carbon neutral future.
Awarding Gaps are calculated as follows:
Awarding Gap % = % of students in reference group graduating with 1st/2i - % of students in comparison group graduating with 1st/2i
For example, if 74% of white students and only 60% of Black students graduate with a 1st or 2i, this would be expressed as an awarding gap of 14%.
The University has made formal commitments to closing four different awarding gaps, via our Access and Participation Plan (APP) agreed with the Office for Students.
|
Demographic group defined in APP |
Reference group |
Sector baseline |
UoH baseline 2017-18 |
UoH target 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
POLAR quintile 1 (areas of lowest participation in HE) |
POLAR quintile 5 (areas of highest participation in HE) |
9.5% |
15.2% |
7% |
|
Mature students (aged 21 or over at start of programme) |
Young students |
10.3% |
14.8% |
7% |
|
Black, Asian and Mixed Ethnicity students - Black students - Asian students |
White students |
13.0% - 23.1% - 8.5% |
9.5% - 10.4% - 8.5% |
5% |
|
Disabled students |
Non-disabled students |
2.8% |
4.2% |
0% |