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David
Barrett
Assistant Director
Latest UCAS applications data
• Application rates for 18 year olds are at their
highest ever levels
• Record rates of young people from
disadvantaged backgrounds are applying to
university
18 year old entry rates - most disadvantaged
areas
Source: UCAS End of Cycle Report 2014. POLAR 2 Q1.
18 year old entry rates - most disadvantaged
areas
+60% increase
from 2006
Source: UCAS End of Cycle Report 2014. POLAR 2 Q1.
Continued improvement in continuation rates
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Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency
18 year old entry rates - higher tariff providers
for most disadvantaged areas
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Source: UCAS End of Cycle Report 2014. POLAR 2 Q1.
18 year old entry rates - higher tariff providers
Source: UCAS End of Cycle Report 2014. POLAR 2
Trends by age group
Source: UCAS Analysis Report (2015) UK application rates by country, region, constituency,
sex, age and background
Regional gaps widen as London grows
faster
Source: UCAS
Analysis Report
(2015) UK
application rates by
country, region,
constituency, sex,
age and background
Differences in attainment
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Source: HEFCE publication 2013/15, Higher education and beyond: Outcomes from full-time first degree study
Decline in part-time student numbers
Part-time undergraduate UK and EU
entrants in England
Looking ahead
• Removal of student number controls
• Building on National Networks for
Collaborative Outreach (NNCOs)
• Changes in postgraduate financial support
• Demographic change
• 2015 Election
UK 18 year old population 2006-2034
Source: UCAS Analysis Report 2015
OFFA Strategic Plan 2015-2020
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Published Thursday 26 February
Developed through consultation
Sets out our aims from 2015-2020
Two key aims:
– to increase the proportion of learners from
disadvantaged groups who enter, succeed in and are
well prepared to progress from higher education to
employment or postgraduate study
– to make faster progress in improving access to the
most selective higher education institutions by
students from under-represented and disadvantaged
groups.
How we’re working with institutions
Two examples:
• ‘A journey to
medicine: outreach
guidance’
• Financial support
project including
joint conference
11th March
Thanks
for
listening
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