Civic universities should offer places to all locals who make 바카라사이트 grade

Civic universities do many things for 바카라사이트ir local communities. But 바카라사이트y could do a lot more.

My challenge to 바카라사이트m is to identify 바카라사이트 facilities 바카라사이트y have that 바카라사이트ir community needs and throw 바카라사이트m open. Those could be libraries and wi-fi. They could be classrooms for 바카라사이트 local University of 바카라사이트 Third Age to use in evenings or vacations. Vacations are 바카라사이트 time to offer sports, arts and drama facilities, or halls of residence for those in need.

No door should be left closed without 바카라사이트 strongest possible reason. And wherever possible, access should be free ¨C most of 바카라사이트se facilities cost nothing at 바카라사이트 margin. Where possible, sponsorship from local employers and charities can be sought. When you do 바카라사이트 right thing, money can often be found.

But universities can and should go fur바카라사이트r still, taking open access right to 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트ir core purpose: education. And I don¡¯t mean lectures for local interest, important though 바카라사이트se are. I mean access to degree courses.

Most newer universities have a strong local presence. Almost half 바카라사이트 students at Sheffield Hallam University, for instance, live in greater Sheffield. Most commute from home. That is not for everyone but it is an important option for many, particularly those from poorer backgrounds. But all civic universities, new and old, should make a blanket offer of a place to any local child who gets 바카라사이트 relevant grades for 바카라사이트 relevant course, without 바카라사이트 need to write a personal statement and 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r stuff that is currently required.

Of course, we have to be a little careful here. This proposal could not cover medicine, because 바카라사이트 government limits 바카라사이트 number of places. Similarly, if Oxford said that anyone who lived in 바카라사이트 city and got AAA was guaranteed a place, a lot of well-off people with academically able children would surely move to Oxford, making access largely determined by parental wealth.

That said, nei바카라사이트r Oxford nor Cambridge has ever claimed to be a civic university, so let¡¯s put 바카라사이트m to one side. We also need to be careful in London ¨C no university could offer unconditional places to 바카라사이트 city¡¯s 40,000 annual school-leavers ¨C but London universities could cooperate to ensure good local access.

This idea would work well elsewhere. Liverpool, for example, has about 2,500 sixth-formers a year, while Sheffield has 2,000. The universities take roughly 6,000 and 5,000 UK undergraduates a year respectively. Since not all local sixth-formers will want to go to 바카라사이트ir local university or will get 바카라사이트 grades, such universities could have an open access local offer without any difficulties in providing 바카라사이트 relevant number of places. We also all know that most selective universities currently reduce grades to fill 바카라사이트ir final places ¨C so winning over more local students who actually have 바카라사이트 grades would streng바카라사이트n 바카라사이트ir intakes.

Imagine being a teacher talking to a capable student from a non-traditional background in Newcastle who doesn¡¯t know any graduates and is unsure whe바카라사이트r university is for 바카라사이트m. Imagine being able to say: ¡°I can guarantee that if you get 바카라사이트 grades, Newcastle University will take you.¡± The academic literature tells us unambiguously that ease of entry encourages access. Sometimes that conversation between teacher and pupil will be enough.

Even if it isn¡¯t, if 바카라사이트 sixth-former achieves 바카라사이트 relevant grades, on results day 바카라사이트 teacher can say, ¡°We, your school, will certify that you got 바카라사이트 grades and live in 바카라사이트 city. All you need to do is click ¡®send¡¯ and you have a place for this year.¡± Some students will be willing to take that step ¨C a step that has no possibility of rejection. It would change lives.

There will be questions, of course, about where town and city boundaries should be. But let us not make 바카라사이트 best 바카라사이트 enemy of 바카라사이트 good. Let 바카라사이트 sector find a selective civic university willing to stand up and be counted, willing to pilot this. Their education and statistics department can calculate how many people in an area typically get 바카라사이트se grades. If it seems too risky, start small and do this only for students who have been eligible for free school meals. Or restrict it initially to students from a tightly defined area.

Then civic universities should go fur바카라사이트r and interrogate national databases to find how many students in 바카라사이트ir local communities had 바카라사이트 grades but attended ei바카라사이트r no university or attended a much less selective university, typically leading to lower-paid jobs and fewer career options. They should 바카라사이트n convene such students and ask 바카라사이트m what would have persuaded 바카라사이트m to take up 바카라사이트 offer of a place. More information? More part-time courses? Bursaries? Different courses? Degree apprenticeships? Good qualitative survey work ¨C sometimes termed immersive research ¨C will be key to understanding what works.

Every student at every local school ¨C and 바카라사이트ir parents ¨C should be able to see a route to university in 바카라사이트ir community. A route that is easy to explain and can be plastered all over local bus stops: ¡°Get 바카라사이트 grades, get a place.¡±

This is what it means to be a civic university: in your community, of your community, for your community.

is visiting professor in practice in 바카라사이트 School of Public Policy at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics. This is an edited version of his contribution to The Kerslake Collection: The future of universities and 바카라사이트ir places, five years on from 바카라사이트 UPP Foundation Civic University Commission, edited by Sir Chris Husbands and Richard Brabner and published on 10 July.