Awarding Gap

On page 8 of our TEF submission we talk about the initiatives and describe how the awarding gap has closed.  The awarding gap was 22.8pp in 2018/19 and has fallen to 16.0pp in 2020/21. The underlying data for this is shown below.

18/19

• GEM Population: 787.0
• GEM Good Degrees: 52.9%
• White Population: 1,354.0
• White Good Degrees: 75.7%
• Difference: 22.8pp

19/20

• GEM Population: 804.0
• GEM Good Degrees: 54.2%
• White Population: 1,200.0
• White Good Degrees: 77.6%
• Difference: 23.4pp

20/21

• GEM Population: 788.0
• GEM Good Degrees: 65.7%
• White Population: 1,218.0
• White Good Degrees: 81.8%
• Difference: 16.0pp

The source data for the above are the HESA DSCore files using the following:

• XPQUAL01= ‘1’, XCLASS = ‘1’, ‘2’, ‘3’, ‘4’ for population, OR  XCLASS = ‘1’, ‘2’ for good degrees, XDOMREG01 = ‘XF’, ‘XG’, ‘XH’, ‘XI’, ‘XK’; XETHNIC01 = ‘21’, ‘22’, ‘29’, ‘31’, ‘32’, ‘33’, ‘34’, ‘39’, ‘40’ for GEM or XETHNIC01 = ‘10’ for White.

On page 18 of our TEF submission we make the following claim:

• Between 2019/20 and 2020/21 non-submissions fell from 26.6% to 15.0%

19/20

• % non-submissions: 26.6%
• Total assessments: 83,330
• Non-submissions: 22,137

20/21

• % non-submissions: 15%
• Total assessments: 88,299
• Non-submissions: 13,212

Data from internal monitoring of assessment submission rates.

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On page 18 of our TEF submission we make the following claim:

• Between 2019/20 and 2020/21 … Non-submissions by Black students fell from 33.5% to 22.5

19/20

• % non-submissions: 33.5%
• Total assessments: 20,793
• Non-submissions: 6,974

20/21

• % non-submissions: 22.5%
• Total assessments: 22,468
• Non-submissions: 5,055

Data from internal monitoring of assessment submission rates.

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On page 18 of our TEF submission we make the following claim:

Between 2019/20 and 2020/21 … Non-submissions by … white male students from 28.1% to 13.8%.

19/20

• % non-submissions: 28.1%
• Total assessments: 13,937
• Non-submissions: 3,915

20/21

• % non-submissions: 13.8
• Total assessments: 15,477
• Non-submissions:2,134

Data from internal monitoring of assessment submission rates.

Please email for access to internal reports.