New @UUK and @CBI research has found that part-time undergraduate numbers are down by over half. A joint statement warns of a generation of "lost learners" who might previously have gone back to study for part-time degrees.
#Highered#lifelonglearning
>> https://t.co/48Nit6ITbV
📣You can find the new research report:
'Struggles and Strategies: does social class matter in higher education?'
by Steven Threadgold, Penny Jane Burke & Matthew Bunn @UON_CEEHE
on our @access4all_com repository 🧐 https://t.co/DPpERUl7Or
The Access4All website collects publications, projects, research groups & websites 📚related to students access, retention, graduation & transition to work-life at a different degree and level 🏛
🔎Take a look at https://t.co/4x8EpTUTah
@Erasmus_Project@sepiegob
‼️ NEW publication: "Equity in Education: Breaking Down Barriers to Social Mobility" by PISA @OECDEduSkills added in our @access4all_com repository.
Check out the full publication and other researches related to #HigherEducation#access & #equity 👉🏽 https://t.co/wCUOpM2NUb
Socio-economic status has a strong influence on students’ performance, but disadvantaged students perform well in more equitable education systems ⚖️🏫
Learn more in our latest #OECDPISA report ➡https://t.co/RcHkSNQmEG
Students from socio-economically advantaged backgrounds scored nearly 100 points higher on PISA – the equivalent of about 3 years of schooling.
Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/RcHkSNQmEG
#OECDPISA
‼️ NEW publication: "Equity in Education: Breaking Down Barriers to Social Mobility" by PISA @OECDEduSkills added in our @access4all_com repository.
Check out the full publication and other researches related to #HigherEducation#access & #equity 👉🏽 https://t.co/wCUOpM2NUb
"The report marks the start of a research agenda into how structures of class, and its intersections with other inequalities, are maintained throughout a students’ university education and transition into graduate futures and careers." @UON_CEEHE https://t.co/vNBgmGNeal
How has the value of a university degree changed over time? And what does that mean for the job market?
Find out on the latest episode of our TopClass #podcast, featuring @SchleicherOECD ➡️ https://t.co/DALrVxWX5Y
OU's WPLL Journal-Special Edition–Vol20:3July2018
‘WritingTogether:Practitioners,Academics
&Policy Makers’ is now available here https://t.co/F8H6tC2GUx Celebrating WP writing programme papers &recognising need for evidence based WP practice and inclusion of practitioner voice
Education secretary, Damian Hinds, spoke of “raising aspirations” to study at university among working-class pupils last week. But it is universities, not students, that need to step up says @Jess_Gagnon https://t.co/TrbxH6z28S
"Our findings revealed that Black, Latino, and Southeast Asian students were less prepared for post-secondary education than White students."
by Robson K, Anisef P, Brown R & George R. C. at the Canadian Journal of Higher Education
🧐Read the full paper: https://t.co/tXbg4CMTWA
'We are a long way from equality of opportunity in relation to access to #highered. In the coming years, I'll be expecting universities to set more ambitious targets in their access & participation plans to narrow the gaps" Chris Millward, Director for Fair Access & Participation