Aspire's Targeted Support provides students with access to a wide range of services and resources.

As specified by the institution, which give targeted support to university strategies, such as:

Teaching and Learning

• Encouraging students to use their bursary awards on academic resources such as core texts, wider reading and essential equipment
• Supporting student field trip costs
• Providing access to course reading lists

Student Experience

• Allowing students to use their Aspire account to pay for such things as university accommodation, gym membership, travel cards, entertainment - or whatever services the University deem relevant & beneficial
• Creating competitive advantage & educational gain by, for example, providing laptops or tablets pre-loaded with core texts

Retention & Widening Participation

• Creating a level playing field by ensuring that all students have access to the resources essential for success on their course
• Making awards to recognise success at defined stages of a course
• Providing feedback to institutions can show which students have accessed which resources or texts to allow targeting of further teaching support to those that are not fully engaged
• Helping students to overcome specific barriers to study, e.g. subsidising childcare costs for those students that need them & cannot afford to pay themselves
• Providing students on access or compact schemes with free resources
  to support their learning and preparation for higher education