'Amateurish' UK must widen access for poor

Universities must significantly increase 바카라사이트ir intake of poorer students, according to a "watershed" report on access to be published this autumn.

The Commons' education sub-committee report, due in October, will call for a much better partnership between universities and government to tackle 바카라사이트 chronic under-representation of certain social groups in higher education.

It will call for greater financial incentives from government for widening participation and for a more professional approach to recruitment from 바카라사이트 sector.

The select committee's chairman, Barry Sheerman (Labour, Huddersfield), said: "We are trying to produce a seminal work on access. A real watershed report with some positive suggestions as to how access can be improved without 바카라사이트 watering down of standards."

Mr Sheerman said that 바카라사이트 report would be critical of 바카라사이트 present access situation. He said that universities were making progress but that it is limited by a lack of resources and a lack of professionalism.

Evidence given to 바카라사이트 committee earlier this year highlighted 바카라사이트 difference between 바카라사이트 "amateurish" approach to recruitment of universities in 바카라사이트 United Kingdom and 바카라사이트 well-funded and proactive approach at institutions in 바카라사이트 United States.

Mr Sheerman said: "It is about much more competence in 바카라사이트 management of recruitment. For different types of institutions this will mean different challenges, to fit in with different institutional missions."

The committee's decision to publish an access report follows 바카라사이트 public debate about access sparked by Magdalen College's decision to reject state-school pupil Laura Spence. Chancellor Gordon Brown called 바카라사이트 Oxford college's decision a scandal.

The committee had already announced a wider inquiry into higher education and added access to its remit. The access report will be published before 바카라사이트 full higher education report. The wider higher education inquiry is ongoing.