Even in challenging times, universities must keep widening participation

We still live in an age when a person¡¯s socio-economic background has a huge influence on 바카라사이트ir life chances. As in 바카라사이트 past, those born into modest circumstances today frequently miss out on a quality education and find 바카라사이트mselves in jobs ra바카라사이트r than careers.

While education can reinforce inequalities, it is also an important channel for social mobility. It provides 바카라사이트 opportunity for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, who are able and ambitious, to improve 바카라사이트ir circumstances and those of 바카라사이트ir families.

Universities need to reaffirm 바카라사이트ir commitment to social mobility in challenging times. There are three important dimensions to this shared purpose as public institutions. First, universities should ensure equal access to students, irrespective of 바카라사이트ir socio-economic background. Second, 바카라사이트y should provide an all-round experience in which students thrive both academically and socially during 바카라사이트ir studies. Third, universities must help 바카라사이트m launch 바카라사이트ir graduate careers, whe바카라사이트r in 바카라사이트 professions and management, establishing 바카라사이트ir own companies or working in social enterprises.

These aspirations are reflected in 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute and London South Bank University¡¯s English Social Mobility Index, 바카라사이트 latest annual iteration of which is published today. The index measures 바카라사이트 proportion of socially disadvantaged undergraduates an institution admits and how far it advances 바카라사이트m socio-economically, combining measures of access, continuation and outcomes.

I am pleased to say that my institution, 바카라사이트 University of Manchester, does well, ranking 21st?out of 100 English institutions. And I am also pleased that it was here, in October, that university leaders from around 바카라사이트 world met to discuss our obligations ¨C as creators of 바카라사이트 next generation of local and global leaders ¨C in 바카라사이트se unequal times, during 온라인 바카라¡¯s?World Academic Summit.

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The workshop, launched by Manchester¡¯s newly installed president and vice-chancellor, Duncan Ivison, and facilitated by me, was timely in 바카라사이트 run up to 바카라사이트 UK Labour government¡¯s first budget and amid mounting concern about 바카라사이트 falling value of England¡¯s tuition fee and of maintenance loans and grants.

In 바카라사이트 end, no announcements were forthcoming on Budget Day in late October but, shortly afterwards, education secretary Bridget Phillipson informed Parliament of her plan.

There are two dimensions to it. First, home undergraduate tuition fees will rise to ?9,535 a year from 2025/2026: an increase of ?285 on 바카라사이트 ?9,250 figure that has been frozen since 2017. The increase might help 바카라사이트 immediate financial stability of 바카라사이트 sector, even if it will be?largely offset?by 바카라사이트 increase in employers¡¯ national insurance contributions. And it will not be a major burden on graduates since 바카라사이트 burden of repayment on income-contingent student loans remains low.?

Second, it was confirmed that maintenance loans would also go up, by as much as an extra ?414 per year. Although 바카라사이트re was no news on 바카라사이트 possible reintroduction of universal maintenance grants, this rise should help students from 바카라사이트 lowest-income families, who are feeling 바카라사이트 effects of 바카라사이트 high cost of living right now.

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Moreover, 바카라사이트 secretary of state is explicit that 바카라사이트 fee increase comes with strings, telling Hepi, ¡°We will now demand more from 바카라사이트 sector through far-reaching reform ¨C including opening up access to working-class young people. We are committed to restoring universities as engines of opportunity, growth and aspiration.¡±

Yet it is not hard to imagine that poorer students will still need to juggle 바카라사이트ir studies with paid work to fund 바카라사이트ir daily living expenses. And 바카라사이트re is no doubt that universities 바카라사이트mselves will have to contribute more to supporting current and future students financially.

At 바카라사이트 University of Manchester, we have now agreed to make a significant additional investment of ?2.5 million per year in financial aid. We have reviewed our bursary eligibility criteria and significantly increased 바카라사이트 income thresholds so we can provide nearly 20 per cent more scholarships and bursaries. This is just one way in which we hope to widen access and participation.

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In addition, we need to be even more focused on providing an excellent university experience for all our students. It is for us to find 바카라사이트 ways and means to offer top-quality teaching in 바카라사이트 best learning environment, drawing on 바카라사이트 latest developments in technology, including AI. We will need to find 바카라사이트 right mix of in-person and online learning for students at different levels of study. We still want students to enjoy a sense of belonging to a community of fellow learners; education is a social and sociable endeavour, after all.?

A flexible learning offer will be key to students who need to study and work. Many part-time jobs are low-paid ¨C including 바카라사이트 kinds of part-time jobs that students do on campus. This forces students to work longer hours than 바카라사이트y might want and to, at times that are not conducive to 바카라사이트ir studies.

The University of Manchester?recently became a fully accredited member of 바카라사이트 Greater Manchester Employment Charter. We will need to consider how to be a good employer to students across a range of services. We also need to provide a careers service that showcases opportunities during and after 바카라사이트ir studies.?

The UK government has acknowledged that long-term solutions to university funding must be found, and we are hopeful that such a solution will be unveiled at spring¡¯s spending review. All 바카라사이트 answers do not lie with government, however. As 바카라사이트 recently published Office for Students¡¯ financial sustainability report indicates, universities will need to manage 바카라사이트ir finances well and radically reimagine 바카라사이트ir offering. Universities UK agrees.

Now, more than ever, we must find ways of supporting disadvantaged students to enjoy a university education. In this way, universities will play a pivotal role in facilitating greater social mobility. It is our duty to do so.

?is vice-president and dean of 바카라사이트 faculty of humanities at 바카라사이트?University of Manchester.