Transparency information

Kingston University is committed to improving equality of opportunity for students from all backgrounds to access, succeed in and progress from higher education. Our student community is richly diverse, and we place enormous value on the variety of backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences our students bring.

At Kingston we have long believed that addressing degree awarding gaps is an essential part of advancing equality and social justice and have made this a strategic priority. We are working hard to create a whole-institution culture of inclusivity that will improve the experience and academic success of all our students. As a result, we have seen gaps in offer-making and attainment for Black, Asian and minoritised students reduce significantly over the past decade. However, we acknowledge there is still more work to be done and are committed to making further and faster progress.

To this end, we have set stretching targets within our Access and Participation Plan to achieve the following by 2025:

• Reduce the degree awarding gap between the most and least deprived IMD quintiles to 6%
• Reduce the degree awarding gap between White and Black students to 10%
• Reduce the degree awarding gap between young and mature students to 7%

Kingston University has also participated in the 'First Wave' of providers submitting an updated Access & Participation Plan to the Office for Students under their new guidance, and it will come into effect for the 2024/5 academic year.

The information published on these pages shows:

The number of students who attained a particular degree or other academic award, or a particular level of such an award, on completion of their course with us.

It shows these numbers by reference to:

• The gender of the individuals to which they relate
• Their ethnicity
• Their socioeconomic background.