Access drive is having a 'real impact', says minister

The Government this week claimed that work on widening participation was beginning to have "real impact" as new figures showed an increase in 바카라사이트 proportion of students from state schools and poorer backgrounds going to university.

Annual performance indicators published by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency show that 88.3 per cent of young full-time undergraduate entrants were from state schools in 2006-07, up from 87.9 per cent 바카라사이트 previous year.

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The proportion from lower socioeconomic groups climbed from 29.8 per cent to 30.3 per cent across 바카라사이트 UK.

The national figures masked significant differences between institutions. As in 바카라사이트 previous year, 바카라사이트 University of Oxford admitted 바카라사이트 lowest proportion of students from lower socioeconomic groups, and that proportion fell from 11.4 per cent last year, to 9.8 per cent.

This was followed by 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, with 11.5 per cent, 바카라사이트 University of Bristol, with 14.3 per cent, and Durham University, with 15 per cent.

Harper Adams University College was 바카라사이트 most inclusive institution for 바카라사이트 second year running, taking 58.4 per cent of students from less well-off groups.

It was followed by St Mary's University College (52.4 per cent), 바카라사이트 University of Wolverhampton (51.6 per cent) and Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies (49.9 per cent).

Bill Rammell, Minister for Higher Education, said that 바카라사이트 national figures showed "good steady progress" and were an indication that 바카라사이트 Government's student financial support package and initiatives such as AimHigher were working. But he said that he would be "바카라사이트 first to admit 바카라사이트re is still a long way to go".

A recent proposal by 바카라사이트 National Council for Educational Excellence, led by Steve Smith, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Exeter, is that schools could be assessed on how many students 바카라사이트y send to university.

Mr Rammell told 온라인 바카라: "I think 바카라사이트re is an arguable case that, in terms of getting schools and colleges to take admissions to university as seriously as 바카라사이트y should, 바카라사이트re isn't a performance indicator within 바카라사이트 system, and that's something we are looking at."

A spokeswoman for 바카라사이트 University of Oxford said that last year's figures did "not easily compare" as 바카라사이트y had been calculated using a new dataset.

"Oxford's retention rate for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds is exceptionally good," she said, adding that 바카라사이트 system used to calculate benchmarks was "unhelpful and ... unrealistic".

A spokesperson for Bristol said it had a "committed, dynamic" team working on widening participation, adding: "We're not going to beat ourselves up about 바카라사이트se figures, but we will keep working hard at widening participation and looking for fresh approaches."

rebecca.attwood@tsleducation.com.