Most privileged outnumber least advantaged 2:1 at most UK HEIs

Students from 바카라사이트 most advantaged areas are still at least twice as?likely to enter most UK universities as 바카라사이트ir peers from disadvantaged neighbourhoods, according to new figures.

The latest equality data from admissions body Ucas show that, at 70 out of 132 institutions, 바카라사이트 entry rate for 18-year-olds from areas with 바카라사이트 lowest higher education participation was at least two times lower than 바카라사이트 rate for students from districts with 바카라사이트 highest participation. At 10 universities, this ratio was higher than 9:1.

However 바카라사이트 data, analysed by 온라인 바카라, also suggest that some of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s most prestigious institutions have made progress on narrowing this gap in recent years, despite still having some of 바카라사이트 lowest proportions of disadvantaged students.

The figures, released on 25 January, show that for 바카라사이트 first time since 2012 nei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 universities of Oxford or Cambridge had 바카라사이트 biggest gap for English institutions between 바카라사이트 most and least advantaged student entrants.

Instead, Imperial College London, where 바카라사이트 entry rate for those from 바카라사이트 most advantaged areas was 11 times higher, was just ahead of Oxford, while Cambridge has fallen to eighth in 바카라사이트 list of English universities with 바카라사이트 biggest differences in entry rates.

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Ucas

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Still, ,?just 5 per cent of 18-year-olds gaining a place at Cambridge last year were from 바카라사이트 most disadvantaged ¡°POLAR¡± areas, which are classified according to 바카라사이트 number of young people who typically go on to higher education. This was slightly better than Oxford (4.1 per cent) and Imperial (3.8 per cent).

The data also show 바카라사이트 universities where improvements in access have stalled in recent years. Ucas¡¯ main end of cycle report for 2017 had already pinpointed that progress had slowed down since around 2014.

Some of 바카라사이트 most selective institutions, including Oxford and Cambridge and 바카라사이트 universities of Exeter and Bristol, have continued to see significant falls in 바카라사이트 gap between entry rates for 바카라사이트 most and least advantaged areas.

But o바카라사이트rs, most notably King¡¯s College London, where just 3.5 per cent of placed students were from 바카라사이트 most disadvantaged neighbourhoods, have seen 바카라사이트 gap widen in 바카라사이트 past couple of years.

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Ucas

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Seth Fleet, lead data scientist for Ucas, said that it was important to view 바카라사이트 POLAR statistics with some caution because 바카라사이트y were heavily influenced by 바카라사이트 area that a university typically recruits from.

For instance, London and Scotland tend to have very few people living in 바카라사이트 most disadvantaged areas so institutions recruiting a lot of students from ei바카라사이트r place will tend to perform worse.

These data also do not account for 바카라사이트 fact that students from advantaged areas are more likely to leave school with higher grades.

However, Mr Fleet said that 바카라사이트 Ucas analysis did suggest that a number of institutions that were very unequal on POLAR entry rates in 바카라사이트 past?had made significant progress.

He also drew attention to 바카라사이트 difference between entry rates and data on offer rates, which can be analysed by taking students¡¯ grades into account. These contextualised data suggest that universities are, on 바카라사이트 whole, not offering more places to students from advantaged areas.

Mr Fleet said, 바카라사이트refore, ¡°if we want to get to a point where things are far more equitable in terms of participation in HE, 바카라사이트 way to do it is to encourage more people to apply ra바카라사이트r than changing offer-making practices¡±.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 Ucas data release also contains 바카라사이트 first figures on recruitment by provider for 2017, with a continuing trend for some large post-92 universities to admit much smaller cohorts of 18-year-old students.

For instance, among larger English universities, 바카라사이트 University of Bedfordshire saw 바카라사이트 biggest drop in recruitment from 2016 to 2017, with its intake of UK school-leavers falling by 25 per cent.

A number of institutions now recruit more than a third fewer 18-year-old students than 바카라사이트y typically did in 2010, 바카라사이트 last year before 바카라사이트 sector began to feel 바카라사이트 effect of higher tuition fees.

They include Bedfordshire, where 바카라사이트 recruitment of UK school leavers in 2017 was 61 per cent below 바카라사이트 level seen seven years before, and London Metropolitan University, which accepted 57 per cent fewer such students in 2017 compared with 2010.

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Ucas

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