SPF Evaluation Coleg Cambria Privacy Notice - Supportive Steps

How we hold and process your information

Wavehill are undertaking an evaluation of the SPF Supportive Steps project on behalf of Coleg Cambria. The information gathered is used to help Coleg Cambria review the effectiveness of the management and delivery processes, the outcomes and impacts achieved and the extent to which the project met its targets and objectives.

As someone who was supported by the project, we would like to discuss your perspectives on the project. This will contribute to the findings for the evaluation and identify any learning for future improvements for Coleg Cambria to take forwards.  

Participation in the survey is voluntary. You can decide to not take part before or during the interview and can choose to not answer certain questions if you prefer.

Any personal information collected as part of the survey is kept confidential. Your answers to the survey will not be made public in a way that could lead to you being identified. The information is only used for statistical analysis and research purposes. Wavehill will produce a report based on the data but this will not identify any individuals and will be used internally by Coleg Cambria to review this project and any similar future work.

Your personal data is deleted within three months of the research being completed.  The anonymised data is held securely and is only ever used for non-commercial research purposes. We do not share or use your information for commercial or marketing purposes. 

If you have any questions, please contact Oliver Allies, 0330 1228 658 oliver.allies@wavehill.com or Rachel Mardon rachel.mardon@cambria.ac.uk.

Under the new data protection legislation, you have the right:

• To access your personal data held by Coleg Cambria.

• To require Coleg Cambria to correct any mistakes in that data.

• To (in certain circumstances) object to or restrict processing.

• For (in certain circumstances) your data to be ‘erased’.

Please contact Rachel Mardon if you wish to do any of these things.

If you have any concerns about how your data has been handled, you can lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office who is the independent regulator for data protection.  You can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office on 01625 545 745 or 0303 123 1113, via the website www.ico.org.uk or write to: Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Further information

What is the SPF Supportive Steps Evaluation?

Wavehill was commissioned by Coleg Cambria to undertake an evaluation of the Supportive Steps project. The project aims to support students in a variety of ways, including mentoring, counselling, attendance support, and wellbeing activities. The evaluation is reviewing the effectiveness of the project, the outcomes and impacts achieved, and the extent to which the project met its targets and objectives.

What type of information is collected through the Survey?

The survey covers a wide range of topics. These include:

• How you found out about Supportive Steps

• Your experiences of the support provided

• The impact of the support on your attendance, confidence, wellbeing, and academic progress

• Your views on what worked well and what could be improved

What is personal data?

Personal data means any information that could lead to a person being identified either alone or in combination with other widely-available information, e.g. their name, their address, or details specific to that person.

The Supportive Steps Survey collects contact information with the consent of the respondent.

What is the legal basis for collecting and processing the data collected? 

The legal basis for collecting and processing this data is public task.

What is the purpose of processing your answers?

The data is used for research purposes only.

By taking part, you will be helping Coleg Cambria to review the effectiveness of the Supportive Steps project, its outcomes and impacts, and the extent to which the project met its targets and objectives. This will help Coleg Cambria devise projects in the future that support the needs of students in Flintshire and Wrexham.  

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