Sentences with phrase «widening access»

Widening access to the degree course, now available at 31 UK universities, is increasingly attracting employers and potential recruits alike.

UK universities have made progress with widening access to higher education in recent years.

It is all about widening access to a talent pool and giving opportunities to the widest possible range of people, not just on the basis of actual (absolute) achievement, but on potential.

«The decentralised nature of «virtual» firms means they can also charge lower fees should they so choose and this is widening access to legal services at a time when clients may be more price conscious.»

By Miguel Willis, Seattle University Law Student In a rapidly changing technological society, how can we equip the next set of leaders with the tools and skills to leverage technology and innovation in addressing our nation's widening access to justice gap?

In a constantly changing legal profession, how can we equip the next set of leaders with the tools and skills to leverage innovation in addressing our widening access to justice gap?

In a rapidly changing technological society, how can we equip the next set of leaders with the tools and skills to leverage technology and innovation in addressing our nation's widening access to justice gap?

«The parliament should reform the whole system of assistance provided for people with mental disabilities, including abolishing the archaic, rigid model of guardianship and widening access to non-discriminatory, inclusive means of social assistance.»

«Widening access to the legal profession remains important to us and we work with organisations such as PRIME and Pathways to Law to ensures that we are doing all we can to give talented individuals great opportunities.

In a place where the availability of basic resources is limited and sanitary conditions are appalling, the Brazilian NGO Viva Rio is widening access to what is considered in Haiti to be a luxury — toilets.

This is also the first year that the British Council has created an opportunity for a UK - based mid-career curator to curate the British Pavilion, widening access to international working for UK visual arts professionals.

Shama Rahman is a marketing specialist passionate about widening access to cultural institutions for all audiences.

We also loan works to other galleries world - wide, promoting Manchester internationally and widening access to our collections.

The widening access that Bond Connect announced in July brought positive momentum to the market and helped recover the losses from May.

In Kent, an increasing number of children who have received the pupil premium are attending grammar schools, so Kent is working at widening access.

I really welcome the points in the Government's Green Paper on widening access so that more children have a chance to attend excellent grammar schools.

Widening access to the UK's most selective universities is an important means of increasing social mobility.

Individual indicators, such as having been in receipt of free school meals, are the least commonly used, with participation in widening access programmes the most common.

Two multimillion - pound government schemes aimed at widening access to the most prestigious drama, dance and music schools have been criticised for not reaching enough pupils from the poorest...

In many cases, respondents in favour of massively widening access were «opposed to new selective schools in general, and said they would be supportive only if they were made available almost exclusively to lower income pupils», the report said.

To what extent is the large variation between pupils» maths achievement within classes a result of widening access, large class sizes and a lack of tracking in the education system?

Two multimillion - pound government schemes aimed at widening access to the most prestigious drama, dance and music schools have been criticised for not reaching enough pupils from the poorest backgrounds.

«Futures» is aimed at widening access to higher education for sixth form students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The Trust believes that ring - fenced funding, where high - potential pupils are tracked and monitored, would help to improve social mobility by widening access to top jobs and universities.

Two multimillion - pound government schemes aimed at widening access to the most prestigious drama, dance and music schools have been criticised...

By widening access to training we can eliminate the skills shortage and play our part in creating a Britain fit for the future - outlined in the Government's recent Industrial Strategy.

This would improve social mobility at the top by widening access to leading universities and to top jobs.»

The fact that socio - economically disadvantaged pupils are not equally exposed to these more complex problems at school can contribute to lower performance in mathematics and PISA advises that widening access to mathematics content could simultaneously work to improve performance and reduce inequalities.

Widening access Not every school can get to London.

Choice among schools is a fine thing, and the U.S. has made major strides in widening access for millions of kids via vouchers, charters, tax credits, savings accounts, and more.

Former education secretary's goal of widening access to grammar schools has been achieved, writes Martin George

Steered by a new Widening Access Commissioner, these will ensure that, by 2030, students from the 20 percent most deprived areas make up 20 percent of higher education entrants.

Two more US states are widening access to naloxone, a drug that can neutralise a potentially fatal opiate overdose, but broader supply remains contentious

«There must always be a link between what an institution charges and its performance in widening access and supporting those without the ability to pay,» he will say.

As part of their campaign to raise awareness of apprenticeships, the Welsh Liberal Democrats also recently published a report, «Widening Access to Apprenticeships», thatlooked at practical ways to encourage young people to take up apprenticeships.

We're committed to widening access to justice.

Beijing is removing caps on foreign ownership of automaker ventures, widening access to its critically important, high - margin car market.

Tableau has been widening access to its software by transitioning to a subscription model, which means a smaller up - front investment for customers.

My notes from the section read like a jumble of mushy fragments — «equipping providers with the tools they need to do their jobs,» «augmenting the abilities providers already have,» «widening access to expertise.»

Following an initial (very) small grant from an NGO, the bank's operations are funded by a) interest from microcredit loans (up to 3.5 % monthly but also as low as 1 % depending on size of and purpose of loan) b) fees from the corresponding bank (i.e. Banco Palmas acts as local agent for regional bank to widen access to banking services), and c) commission for changing Palmas to Reais16.

The Milken Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank focused on improving global prosperity by advancing collaborative solutions that widen access to capital, create jobs and improve health.

This data comes at a time where Planned Parenthood is in danger of being federally defunded and the Affordable Care Act, which widened access to contraceptives for women nationwide.

The report finds makes a list of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later today.

That's why for more than a century, it has been Conservative Education Secretaries who have driven the reforms that have widened access and raised standards.

Not only is Labour's tuition fees policy unsustainable, but it also fails to widen access to higher education.

We will support students so that we widen access to university, but we will also ensure our universities are properly funded so that they offer the very best education and research available.»

Shadow mental health minister Luciana Berger added he was «one of Labour's best campaigners who's worked hard to widen access to the arts and sport.»

One of @UKLabour's best campaigners who's worked hard to widen access to the arts & sport.

Under Lord Browne's proposals, institutions that charged the highest fees would have to show they were doing more to widen access to the poorest teenagers.

X-probe will train the nucleus of a new community spread across Europe that widens the access and use of non-conventional methods to image the time - evolution of biological systems.