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Information re non-executive appointments to DfE's public bodies: April 2018 - March 2019
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Sep 10, 2018
Manifesto idea #13: Jim Dickinson
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May 21, 2018
The state of fair access as OFFA departs the scene
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Mar 25, 2018
MillionPlus comment on the UCAS End of Cycle Report 2017
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Nov 27, 2017
Advancing Access - resources for teachers
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Nov 21, 2017
Of Magic Bullets and Black Boxes – the role of evaluation in WP outreach
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Nov 14, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 20 October 2017
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Oct 20, 2017
Consultation offers ‘a real opportunity to push forward a step change’
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Oct 19, 2017
Sutton Trust welcomes higher education consultation
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Oct 19, 2017
OFFA calls for fundamental changes in widening participation
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Oct 16, 2017
Response to OFFA report on university access
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Oct 16, 2017
Announcement on the student finance package for 2018-19 – implications for access agreements
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Oct 12, 2017
Invitation to tender: Understanding the evaluation of outreach interventions to widen access to higher education for under 16 year olds in England from disadvantaged backgrounds
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Sep 19, 2017
Chris Millward appointed as the Director for Fair Access and Participation in the Office for Students
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Sep 8, 2017
OFFA welcomes appointment of Chris Millward as Director for Fair Access and Participation at new Office for Students
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Sep 8, 2017
Les Ebdon: ‘We need a step change on widening access‘
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Sep 6, 2017
In the news: 25 August 2017
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Aug 25, 2017
UCAS daily clearing updates
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Aug 25, 2017
Sir Peter Lampl comments on the latest OFFA access agreements
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Aug 23, 2017
Access agreements 2018-19: universities help schools to support disadvantaged students
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Aug 23, 2017
OFFA: university access agreements
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Aug 23, 2017
Universities UK response to Office for Fair Access annual summary of institutions' access agreements
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Aug 23, 2017
Access agreements 2018-19: universities help schools to support disadvantaged students
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Aug 23, 2017
UCU comment on universities' access agreements
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Aug 22, 2017
Where next for widening participation and fair access?
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Aug 18, 2017
A-level results: welcome rise in university entrants from disadvantaged backgrounds
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Aug 17, 2017
Gordon Marsden MP: Government 'arrogance' is hampering students progression into Higher Education
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Aug 16, 2017
OFFA calls for transformational change
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Aug 10, 2017
Access to higher education reports
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Aug 10, 2017
A real step change for fair access
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Aug 10, 2017
Fewer pupils expecting to go to university, says survey
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Aug 10, 2017
Some university leaders will only pay 'lip service' to improving social mobility unless forced to change, head of regulator claims
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Aug 10, 2017
The path to higher education: obstacles remain for the disadvantaged
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Aug 7, 2017
OFFA comment on Department for Education widening participation statistics
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Aug 3, 2017
OFFA comment on Universities UK patterns and trends report
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Jul 21, 2017
Securing value for money for students and taxpayers
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Jul 20, 2017
Jo Johnson: delivering value for money for students and taxpayers
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Jul 20, 2017
It is becoming increasingly impossible for universities to justify the current level of tuition fees
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Jul 13, 2017
‘Further evidence of the need for action’ – comment on UCAS application statistics
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Jul 13, 2017
University applications fall 4% in 2017
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Jul 13, 2017
I went from care to Cambridge University . Let me show you where the barriers are | Vashti Kashian-Smith
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Jul 12, 2017
Finally, an admission that the game is up on tuition fees | Letters
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Jul 9, 2017
The facts are clear – Conservative university policy has failed
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Jul 6, 2017
Response to appointment of Office for Students Chief Executive
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Jul 5, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 30 June 2017
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Jun 30, 2017
OFFA publishes outcomes of access agreement monitoring for 2015-16
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Jun 29, 2017
OFFA access reports
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Jun 29, 2017
Rise in poorer students dropping out of university
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Jun 29, 2017
Oxford and Cambridge 'need to improve access for disadvantaged students'
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Jun 29, 2017
Poorer students increasingly more likely to drop out of university early, figures show
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Jun 29, 2017
One in ten of poorer students drops out after the first year
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Jun 29, 2017
University drop-out rate for students from poorer homes at highest level in five years
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Jun 29, 2017
Oxbridge 'must do more to recognise potential in poorer applicants', says universities tsar
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Jun 28, 2017
OFFA comment on Teaching Excellence Framework Year Two results
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Jun 22, 2017
OFFA welcomes Social Mobility Employer Index
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Jun 21, 2017
OFFA publishes new guidance on the evaluation of outreach
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Jun 21, 2017
OFFA publishes new guidance on evaluating outreach
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Jun 21, 2017
Should universities raise school attainment? Yes, and here’s why
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Jun 6, 2017
Impact of the General Election 2017 on OFFA business
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May 2, 2017
How universities can use learning analytics to boost fair access and retention
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Apr 11, 2017
White British students from low socio-economic status groups
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Apr 10, 2017
Academic freedom is holding back fair access to the professions
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Mar 15, 2017
OFFA comment on HESA non-continuation performance indicators
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Mar 9, 2017
OFFA comment on introduction of part-time maintenance loans
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Mar 8, 2017
Preferred candidate for Chair of Office for Students announced
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Feb 7, 2017
Comment on Office for Students Chair announcement
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Feb 7, 2017
OFFA access agreement guidance – universities must play their part to raise school attainment
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Feb 7, 2017
Help schools boost poor pupils' grades, universities told
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Feb 7, 2017
If we are serious about improving social mobility, universities must lend their expertise to secondary schools
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Feb 7, 2017
Top universities must do more to accept poor students, higher education tsar warns
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Feb 7, 2017
OFFA responds to UCAS January deadline data
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Feb 2, 2017
OFFA comment on UCAS data for individual universities
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Jan 26, 2017
Further decline in part-time student numbers “a troubling trend” | Les Ebdon
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Jan 12, 2017
Les Ebdon: Government amendments strengthen Higher Education Bill
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Jan 4, 2017
OFFA comment on UCAS End of Cycle report
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Dec 15, 2016
OFFA publishes new tools to evaluate the impact of financial support
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Dec 5, 2016
The case for social mobility league tables
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Nov 22, 2016
Universities and colleges “a key piece in the social mobility puzzle”
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Nov 16, 2016
OFFA comment on Department for Education’s destination measures statistics
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Oct 13, 2016
Access Agreement Reference Group
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Sep 28, 2016
New programme to link WP practitioners and academics
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Sep 21, 2016
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