Office for Students Transparency Information

It also shows these numbers by reference to:

• The gender of the individuals to which they relate
• Their ethnicity
• Their socio-economic background

It is important to note that the data presented has not been contextualised. It does not show the detail of all applicants as small group sizes mean that individuals could be identified if the data was published, for example. Additionally, it does not show of applicants who met the entry criterion.

Key

N/A – not applicable as no applicants to this mode of study
N – 24 or fewer students in this population
DP – data suppressed for data protection reasons

What this means

The data contained in the tables have been rounded and suppressed as follows:

• Numerators and denominators have been rounded to the nearest 10. Where the numerator or denominator rounds to 20 or less, the data will be suppressed with an 'N'.
• Percentages will be rounded according to the smallest, unsuppressed denominator with a given mode and characteristic. If the denominator rounds to:
  • 50 or less: percentages are rounded to 5%
  • 1000 or less: percentages are rounded to 1%
  • more than 1000: percentages are rounded to 0.1%

Contextual information 

The Sheffield College is committed to developing higher level skills to the Region in a way that is complementary to the wider Regional offer, and which is agile to meet the needs of students.

The College has a diverse student population and has developed significant strategies to support students in learning, including:

• developing its Skills and Attributes Framework
• having specialist support for those with disabilities
• providing financial support to those who need most support (as defined by our Access and Participation Plan)

We enrol a higher proportion of students who are from underrepresented groups compared to the national average (over 80% of our students are from these backgrounds compared to around 20% nationally). The data shows that The Sheffield College has a high number of students from low participation neighbourhoods, neighbourhoods with a high level of deprivation, ethnic minority groups, mature students and students with a disability. We work on a range of projects to support students to progress to higher level study and the range of strategies we develop are designed to encourage and ensure students thrive.  

This tables indicates first degree outcomes. The College aims to support students to access all types of HE provision and therefore it offers a range of HNC, HND, Cert HE, and Foundation Degrees whose outcomes do not get reported in this table from the Office for Students.

The data is marked as ‘N’ because the College’s small group sizes means that it is not reportable in the Office for Students data (as per the key above). 

In relation to the above tables:, central to the College’s ethos is to have high levels of contact in friendly and supportive groups. The majority of the College’s students get good qualification outcomes as identified in the College’s Access and Participation Plan.