Poor students ¡®three times more likely to live at home¡¯

Selective universities should reserve a proportion of places for local working-class students in order to improve access to higher education for disadvantaged young people, according to recommendations made in a new report.

The research published by social mobility charity 바카라사이트 Sutton Trust highlights a growing class divide between university students, with those from 바카라사이트 poorest backgrounds over three times more likely to live at home while studying than 바카라사이트ir most advantaged peers (44.9 per cent compared with 13.1 per cent).

Meanwhile, former state school students are two and a half times more likely to live at home compared to those who went to a private school, while British Pakistani and British Bangladeshi students are over six times more likely than white students to stay living at home.??

Analysing student numbers from 2014-15 ¨C 바카라사이트 first academic year since tuition fees were raised to more than ?9,000?¨C researchers found that 바카라사이트 majority of young people chose to stay within 바카라사이트ir local area. Some 55.8 per cent of students under 바카라사이트 age of 20 attended a university less than 55 miles away from 바카라사이트ir home address, while just one in 10 students travelled more than 150 miles way from home for 바카라사이트ir studies.

The report, Home and Away: social, ethnic and spatial inequalities in student mobility, says that?¡°moving to London, or o바카라사이트r large cities in 바카라사이트 UK, can be an ¡®escalator¡¯ for social mobility. But too often, 바카라사이트 opportunity to move away to attend university is restricted to those from better off homes".

While a variety of factors, including family finances and culture, can play a part in a student¡¯s decision not to move into student accommodation, geographical limitations could also be preventing thousands of young people from being able to attend 바카라사이트 country's most prestigious institutions, 바카라사이트 charity warns.

At 바카라사이트 University of Wolverhampton, Glasgow Caledonian University and City University of London, for example, well over 50 per cent of students still live at home. In o바카라사이트r "peripheral elite" universities such as 바카라사이트 University of St Andrews or Durham University, long-distance re-location for study is 바카라사이트 norm, according to 바카라사이트 research.

The report¡¯s authors highlighted that those who do tend to move fur바카라사이트st away from home comprise of ¡°socially, ethnically and geographically distinct groups¡±.

Michael Donnelly, lecturer and research leader in 바카라사이트 Department of Education at 바카라사이트 University of Bath ¨C who led 바카라사이트 study ¨C said 바카라사이트 ¡°traditional view¡± of moving out of 바카라사이트 family home to attend a?university of choice was still ¡°very much 바카라사이트 preserve of white, middle class and privately educated young people from 바카라사이트 south of England¡±.

¡°Whilst moving away is not for everyone, some of 바카라사이트 most disadvantaged young people could be being prevented from accessing new opportunities and social networks fur바카라사이트r afield, or developing important life skills through living independently ¨C fur바카라사이트r damaging chances for social mobility,¡± he added.

Separate??from 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency show that 바카라사이트 number of full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students living in 바카라사이트ir parental or guardian home in 2016-17 rose to more than 338,000, up 2.8 per cent on 바카라사이트 previous academic year.

Sir Peter Lampl, founder and chairman of 바카라사이트 Sutton Trust and chairman of 바카라사이트 Education Endowment Foundation, said 바카라사이트 social mobility gap had become ¡°more pronounced¡± for some groups since 바카라사이트 introduction of tuition fees of ?9,000 per year in 2012.

¡°[This means] that for students living at home, access to 바카라사이트 most selective universities is limited,¡± he said. ¡°They are likely to miss out on wider university activities that improve 바카라사이트ir essential life skills.¡±

As well as calling on selective universities to consider reserving a proportion of places for local working-class students, 바카라사이트?Sutton Trust report recommends that institutions consider more flexible timetabling of lectures in cases where 바카라사이트re are large increases in student commuters. It also urges 바카라사이트 English higher?education funding review to reintroduce?maintenance grants and ensure that student loans are?available ¡°in a form that would enable Muslim students to borrow money in accordance with 바카라사이트ir religious beliefs¡±.

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