What’s Inside July 2011: • •
Articles on student funding Access to Education
Further discussion of access to University can be found on the Times Higher Education website.
JOURNAL ARTICLES: ACCESS TO EDUCATION Access to education - is it fair? Last week the independent report by Simon Hughes reported on improving access to education. Read the full text on the Cabinet Office website http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resour ce-library/hughes-report
A recent survey from the University and College Union last week also produced data http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm? articleid=5676 showing that there were two Britains - as individuals in some areas lacked basic educational qualifications. The Sutton Trust
OFFA (Office for Fair Access) Tables
http://www.suttontrust.com/resear
showing expenditure on access
ch/
measures and fee levels (by sector,
has some interesting reports and
mission group and institution) for
statistics that show that access to
2012-13 access agreements
HE is not equal from all
http://www.offa.org.uk/publication
backgrounds. This includes the
s/
recent Degree of Success -
There is some interesting reaction
University Chances by Individual
from NIACE who works to support
School Sutton Trust
adult learners.
http://www.suttontrust.com/resear
http://www.niace.org.uk/news/nia
ch/degree-of-success-university-
ce-responds-to-hughes-report-on-
chances-by-individual-school/
improving-access-to-education
NFER
newsletter
http://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications /policy-papers/ also has policy papers on education, curriculum and participation. LSE research online has abstracts and some full text papers from the Centre for the Economics of Education (CEE) these include: Gibbons, Steve and Vignoles, Anna (2009) Access, choice and participation in higher education. CEE Discussion Papers http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/view/sets/
STUDENT
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Wide variations in tuition fees for international and postgraduate courses http://www.timeshighereducation.c o.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&stor ycode=416869&c=1 Full text on this website http://www.publicgoods.co.uk/
FEES
Overseas students
NEW GOVERNMENT REPORTS
Home Affairs Committee - Eleventh Report Student Visas: Follow up http://www.publications.parliament.uk/ pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmhaff/1445/14 4502.htm independent report by Simon Hughes, the government’s advocate on access to higher education http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resour ce-library/hughes-report
A Guide to UK Higher Education and Partnerships for Overseas Universities - UK Higher Education International and Europe Unit Gives details for potential overseas collaborators about the Uk system and previous partnerships. http://international.ac.uk/resources/Gui de%20to%20UK%20HE%20and%20P artnerships%20ENGLISH%20FINAL. pdf
Compiled by Heather Dawson h.dawson@lse.ac.uk
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