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Key question 3 revisited:
What will it take to put student success at the heart of the HE agenda?
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Recap:
The importance of basing improvement strategy on understanding
the scope of the challenge
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the broad categories of what needs to be
done, and by whom
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To date:
Broad improvement approaches have underlain developmental
work in various quarters, but lack of national debate, critical engagement,
agreed common ground, and leadership; risks of
ad hoc
interventions
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Now:
Pressing need for ‘sufficient consensus’ on a comprehensive,
coherent and realistic improvement strategy, based on:
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the broad categories of what needs to be done
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identifying the roles and responsibilities expected of the main HE bodies
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understanding the obstacles to achieving the prioritisation of student success
and equity at the different levels of the system
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identifying who will drive the process
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developing realistic strategies for the necessary improvement in performance
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