Youth and community programmes are very successful in retaining these students, developing their personal, professional and academic skills and confidence. They enable them to achieve more than their initial qualifications suggested possible. They are successful in supporting students so that they achieve personally, professionally and academically, and are exemplary in terms of the Government's aim to widen participation in higher education.
Without the levels of support provided it is highly likely that students would not achieve their potential. This support comes at a high cost in terms of staff time, student-staff ratios, university learning development services, and the development of staff expertise in supporting learning development. When judged against financial criteria, programmes are likely to be seen as increasingly unfeasible by resource stricken universities.
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