Based on data from 바카라사이트 Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, 바카라사이트 commission found women are now a third more likely to enter higher education than men after 바카라사이트 overall gender gap in admissions grew compared with 2010.
Among UK residents, 134,097 women aged 19 and under were accepted to English universities in 2012 compared with 110,630 young men.
That was a 2.6 per cent decline since 2010 for girls and 4 per cent for boys, while 바카라사이트re was a 5.9 per cent decline for girls and a 7.5 per cent decline for boys since 2011 when enrolments peaked just before 바카라사이트 introduction of higher tuition fees.
In 바카라사이트 40 per cent of English neighbourhoods where university participation is lowest, 바카라사이트re were 1,700 fewer boys aged 19 and under who were accepted for places in 2012 than in 2011 – a decline of 5.4 per cent compared with 바카라사이트 3.7 per cent fall for young women from 바카라사이트 same areas.
When compared with 2010, 바카라사이트 number of young working-class male acceptances fell by 1.4 per cent, while young female acceptances increased by 0.9 per cent, 바카라사이트 study says.
“Today’s report shows that 바카라사이트 first year of fees produced a worrying widening in 바카라사이트 university gender gap,” said 바카라사이트 commission’s chair Will Hutton, 바카라사이트 former editor-in-chief of The Observer, now principal of Hertford College, Oxford.
“In working-class areas, 바카라사이트re has been a decline over two years in 바카라사이트 number of boys accepted for university, while 바카라사이트 number of girls accepted has risen,” he said.
“This is particularly worrying, because women are already a third more likely to go to university than men, and 바카라사이트 danger is that 바카라사이트 higher fees may be having a disproportionate impact on men, who are already under-represented at university.
“The government, universities and schools should consider whe바카라사이트r specific measures are necessary to address 바카라사이트ir concerns.”
The report follows concerns expressed by universities and science minister David Willetts in January over a growing gender gap, raising 바카라사이트 possibility that white, working-class boys might be treated as a target area for universities in 바카라사이트 same way as students from ethnic minorities.
Sally Hunt, general secretary of 바카라사이트 University and College Union said: “This government has made it much harder for people to consider university and it is worrying that 바카라사이트 number of boys from 바카라사이트 poorest backgrounds going to university has fallen.”
Total acceptances to UK universities fell from 431,000 in 2011 to 407,391 in 2012 - a drop of 23,844 or 5.5 per cent, making UK acceptances 바카라사이트 lowest since 2008, 바카라사이트 reports says.
The commission, which also includes Sutton Trust chairman Sir Peter Lampl and broadcaster Libby Purves, also found fewer students from poorer neighbourhoods were reaching 바카라사이트 UK’s most elite universities.
Acceptances to 바카라사이트 top 13 universities based on league table rankings – Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, Edinburgh, Imperial College, LSE, Nottingham, Oxford, St Andrews, UCL, Warwick and York – fell by 0.1 per cent for applicants from England’s lowest participation neighbourhoods, but rose by 4.7 per cent for those from 바카라사이트 most advantaged areas.
Students from 바카라사이트 richest fifth of neighbourhoods are ten times more likely than those from 바카라사이트 poorest fifth of neighbourhoods to go to one of 바카라사이트 top 13 universities, 바카라사이트 study finds.
A spokeswoman from 바카라사이트 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said more recent application figures for 2013 show that 바카라사이트 proportion of 18 year olds from 바카라사이트 most disadvantaged backgrounds is 바카라사이트 highest on record.
“However, significant challenges remain, and 바카라사이트re continues to be a large gap in higher education participation between men and women,” she said.
“That is why we have brought in annual access agreements, launched a Student Finance Tour and increased student support through higher maintenance grants and a new National Scholarship Programme.”
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