APR Site Visit and Drop-In ResearchAPR Evidence

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 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 York St John University Teesside University

HEIs visited during IT site visits

Aberystwyth University Kingston University Oxford University Southampton Solent University 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