Sentences with phrase «to widen participation»

The government insisted the figure was «good news» and said it was committed to widening participation further, pointing to the improved student finance package.

While it is difficult to say which of their participation - building strategies worked best, grantees succeeded in widening participation in their cultural endeavors.

Director of Widening Participation at King's College London Anne - Marie Canning said: «This important report is essential in helping schools and universities improve the progression rates for white working class pupils to higher education.

In addition, gendered language is explored in relation to male - orientated entrepreneurship education and Anne - Marie Canning, director of widening participation at King's College London, gives her perspective on social mobility.

H2020 will put in place a Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation program, which aims to help underperforming countries make structural changes, network with other European institutions, and become more competitive for H2020 funding.

She continued: «Cuts to university budgets have also affected widening participation programmes, so there is less money for outreach programmes to help disadvantaged young people aware of the opportunities in higher education.

A spokesperson for Cambridge said widening participation in higher education was «a complex issue» and the analysis relied on a single measure.

«Cuts to university budgets have also affected widening participation programmes, so there is less money for outreach programmes to help disadvantaged young people aware of the opportunities in higher education.

Widening participation strategies need to do more than just improve academic achievement; they also need to provide knowledge of possible careers for disadvantaged young people.

The Sutton Trust is committed to, and a leader in, an evidence - based approach to widening participation work in the sector.

Current policy pressures on universities to focus on improving their research excellence and to widen participation make it hard for them to engage meaningfully with excluded communities, according to research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

This needs to be recognised and supported, especially in the face of widening participation among non-traditional students and increased tuition fees which have decreased the number of mature students even applying to higher education.»

Despite being encouraged by the Medical Council, very few medical schools in the UK offer a medical foundation year with widening participation at its heart.

She studied English (BA) at the University of Exeter, and became interested in Widening Participation whilst working in local schools as part of their student ambassador programme.

Professor Ebdon's emphasis on widening participation at these universities is particularly welcome and underlines just how important it is that OFFA remains as an independent body challenging universities to do better.

Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the education charity Sutton Trust, said: «These figures should cause the government to avoid steps that could hamper access, including replacing grants for poorer students with loans leaving them more indebted than richer students, cutting widening participation funding, or reducing the independence of the access regulator.»

Poland's climate envoy dismissed calls to keep polluters out of UN talks, ahead of a controversial negotiation in Bonn on Thursday about widening participation.

«Admissions professional with experience across three Post 1992 Universities and with expertise in international student recruitment and widening participation seeks management role in central Student Recruitment and Admissions team.»

Jon Wilson teaches history at King's College London where he's also academic lead for Widening Participation.

The NUS said widening participation must be made a priority and concluded: «With many of the key questions still unanswered, these statistics provide a shaky foundation on which to base arguments for further marketisation of the higher education system.»

Attend sessions on career transition into secondary education, design of your Uni Pathways course, and widening participation strategies.

Open access fits in perfectly with not only the practicalities of eLearning but the ethos of widening participation and access to education.

The government today encouraged more universities to work with schools in a bid to widen participation in higher education.

The changes to the Canadian securities laws if adopted would allow the general public to invest in equity crowdfunding online, and companies to offer small amounts of equity with less disclosure thus driving the cost of raising capital lower and widening participation at the same time.

Any attempt to demystify the field of Scriptural studies and to widen participation in the important questions surrounding Holy Scripture from an academic elite to a more widespread readership must ultimately be of benefit to the Church and so is to be commended.

It is, perhaps, time to re-write the rules of leadership contests, widening participation to make them more cumbersome and, as a result, more decisive.

«Since fees were introduced, the evidence has shown that although there has been widening participation, students from some backgrounds are not attending the best universities, as I said to the shadow Secretary of State.

He warned reluctant universities the «prizes of success» in an increasingly competitive environment would go to the universities working hardest to widen participation.

Mr Denham continued: «Widening participation in higher education should be seen as talent spotting by universities.

Whilst I recognise the need to adequately fund HE, I believe that many of the key principles in Higher Education — widening participation, fair access and financial equity — would be at risk if Lord Browne's proposals were implemented in full.

«In his report on the financing of Higher Education (HE), Lord Browne has made several recommendations that, if implemented by the government, would put at risk the key principles in Higher Education — widening participation, fair access and financial equity — that must remain at the heart of Liberal Democrat policy.

New members will flock to join Labour, the plan to widen participation in the selection of Labour's London Mayoral candidate will be a success, and the media spotlight will swing onto the Conservatives over their own funding and MPs» «second jobs».

All parties also agreed to set up a dedicated budget line called «widening participation,» which will receive 1 % of the Horizon 2020 budget.

Widening Participation for Equity and Growth - A Strategy for the Development of the Social Dimension and Lifelong Learning in the European Higher Education Area to 2020

We request the Ministers at the Yerevan conference to adopt the document «Widening Participation for Equity and Growth - A Strategy for the Development of the Social Dimension and Lifelong Learning in the European Higher Education Area to 2020».

The widening participation program «will help to retain and bring back those who want to do this kind of excellent research in Europe,» she said.

His brief includes implementing innovative measures to ensure students benefit from an outstanding education and excellent all - round experience, widening participation, promoting teaching excellence and innovation, and further boosting the employability of the University's students.

Corner has been head of London College of Fashion since October 2005 and is dedicated to widening participation in fashion — consistently pushing for the college to become a global leader in fashion education, research and consultancy.

The father of three is also a volunteer facilitator with the University of Sydney's Widening Participation and Outreach program and the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2016 ChooseMATHS Teacher Excellence Award, the 2017 Sydney University Alumni Award and the 2018 NSW Australia's Local Hero.

This will create a talent pipeline, through which pupils from all backgrounds will have a greater opportunity to get the grades and skills they need to go on to university, and help universities in their efforts to widen participation of lower income students.

«The collaborative programme will see the University of Derby and our partners work together to deliver outreach activities to students from a widening participation background in 63 ward areas across the two counties of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, covering areas in and near some of the most deprived local authorities nationally.

The report is called «The underrepresentation of white working class boys in higher education: the role of widening participation».

The 25 universities involved, led by the University of Bath, range from sector leaders in business and computer science (UCL and Newcastle University) to experts in arts and design (University of the Arts) to specialists in widening participation and outreach (Open University and Birkbeck, University of London).

The Department of Education's (DfE's) «Widening participation in higher education» statistics show that in 2013 - 14 85 per cent of independent school pupils went into higher education by the age of 19, compared to 62 per cent of those from state schools.

Associate Director (Widening Participation), Kingston University.

Many of those classes will have taken place in buildings that today have a university charter and a continued commitment to widening participation, social mobility and meeting local needs.

When higher education is possible but not desirable: Widening participation and the aspirations of Australian Indigenous school students.

The full paper mentioned in this episode of The Research Files — When higher education is possible but not desirable: Widening participation and the aspirations of Australian Indigenous school students — is free to access in the Australian Journal of Education for one month.