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Information re non-executive appointments to DfE's public bodies: April 2018 - March 2019
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DfE STRB IfA CITB OFFA OfS SLC ECITB Ofqual Ofsted
  • Sep 10, 2018
Manifesto idea #13: Jim Dickinson
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OFFA TEF Student outcomes University access Widening participation
  • May 21, 2018
The state of fair access as OFFA departs the scene
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OFFA University access Widening participation
  • Mar 25, 2018
MillionPlus comment on the UCAS End of Cycle Report 2017
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UCAS University admissions Enrolments Social mobility Retraining OFFA Mature students
  • Nov 27, 2017
Advancing Access - resources for teachers
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University access Universities Widening participation OFFA Attainment gap Disadvantaged students Progression
  • Nov 21, 2017
Of Magic Bullets and Black Boxes – the role of evaluation in WP outreach
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University access Social mobility Outreach Widening participation OFFA
  • Nov 14, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 20 October 2017
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Pearson Policy Eye WorldSkills Teaching apprenticeships Postgraduates Regulation OfS Funding Tuition fees National funding formula Apprenticeship levy Teacher training Apprentices Skills competitions Student loans Industrial strategy Digital skills OECD Post-16 Student debt Loan repayment Alternative provision OFFA Widening participation Unions Safeguarding Online abuse Bursaries Artificial intelligence AI Poverty STA Literacy Numeracy MATs Finances Baseline assessment Careers guidance Digital safety Colleges Universities Primary schools Secondary schools
  • Oct 20, 2017
Consultation offers ‘a real opportunity to push forward a step change’
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OFFA DfE Regulation Universities OfS Access
  • Oct 19, 2017
Sutton Trust welcomes higher education consultation
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Sutton Trust OfS Regulation OFFA Social mobility
  • Oct 19, 2017
OFFA calls for fundamental changes in widening participation
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OFFA Widening participation Universities Colleges Access
  • Oct 16, 2017
Response to OFFA report on university access
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Sutton Trust OFFA University access Widening participation Disadvantaged students
  • Oct 16, 2017
Announcement on the student finance package for 2018-19 – implications for access agreements
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OFFA Tuition fees Student loans Funding Fees cap
  • 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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OFFA Universities Outreach Widening access Disadvantaged students
  • Sep 19, 2017
Chris Millward appointed as the Director for Fair Access and Participation in the Office for Students
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HEFCE Universities Leaders OFFA OfS
  • 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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OFFA Universities OfS Leaders
  • Sep 8, 2017
Les Ebdon: ‘We need a step change on widening access‘
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Guardian Widening access Universities Disadvantaged students OFFA BME Attainment gap Mature students Working class
  • Sep 6, 2017
In the news: 25 August 2017
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UCU Unions Colleges Universities Vice Chancellors Pay Finances International students Student migration Immigration UTCs School sponsorship OFFA DAPs
  • Aug 25, 2017
UCAS daily clearing updates
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OFFA Universities University places Clearing
  • Aug 25, 2017
Sir Peter Lampl comments on the latest OFFA access agreements
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Sutton Trust OFFA Access Social mobility University applications Student numbers
  • Aug 23, 2017
Access agreements 2018-19: universities help schools to support disadvantaged students
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OFFA Universities Access School sponsorship
  • Aug 23, 2017
OFFA: university access agreements
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Russell Group OFFA Universities Access Attainment
  • Aug 23, 2017
Universities UK response to Office for Fair Access annual summary of institutions' access agreements
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Universities UK Universities OFFA Access
  • Aug 23, 2017
Access agreements 2018-19: universities help schools to support disadvantaged students
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FE News Universities Colleges Access Attainment Disadvantaged pupils OFFA Widening participation
  • Aug 23, 2017
UCU comment on universities' access agreements
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UCU Universities Access School sponsorship Unions OFFA
  • Aug 22, 2017
Where next for widening participation and fair access?
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The Staffroom Universities Widening participation Access OFFA
  • Aug 18, 2017
A-level results: welcome rise in university entrants from disadvantaged backgrounds
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OFFA A-levels Exam results University places Disadvantaged students
  • Aug 17, 2017
Gordon Marsden MP: Government 'arrogance' is hampering students progression into Higher Education
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PoliticsHome A-levels Exam results EU students Brexit University applications Funding Tuition fees Universities Drop-out rates Disadvantaged students OFFA SMF Student loans Student debt
  • Aug 16, 2017
OFFA calls for transformational change
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OFFA Access Universities Disadvantaged students Widening participation
  • Aug 10, 2017
Access to higher education reports
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Russell Group Access Sutton Trust OFFA Tuition fees Student debt Disadvantaged students University applications
  • Aug 10, 2017
A real step change for fair access
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Wonkhe Universities Access OfS OFFA Social mobility
  • Aug 10, 2017
Fewer pupils expecting to go to university, says survey
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BBC University admissions Secondary schools UCAS Sutton Trust Tuition fees Student debt OFFA Access
  • 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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Telegraph Social mobility Diversity Disadvantaged students Minorities OFFA Access Widening participation
  • Aug 10, 2017
The path to higher education: obstacles remain for the disadvantaged
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EPI Universities Access Disadvantaged students Widening participation OFFA
  • Aug 7, 2017
OFFA comment on Department for Education widening participation statistics
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OFFA Universities Access Widening participation Free school meals Disadvantaged pupils
  • Aug 3, 2017
OFFA comment on Universities UK patterns and trends report
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OFFA Universities UK Universities Disadvantaged students Widening access Mature students Part-time students
  • Jul 21, 2017
Securing value for money for students and taxpayers
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DfE HEFCE OFFA Jo Johnson Universities TEF Teaching
  • Jul 20, 2017
Jo Johnson: delivering value for money for students and taxpayers
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DfE HEFCE OFFA Jo Johnson Universities Reform
  • Jul 20, 2017
It is becoming increasingly impossible for universities to justify the current level of tuition fees
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FE News Universities Tuition fees Working class Student debt Disadvantaged students OFFA Free tuition Politics
  • Jul 13, 2017
‘Further evidence of the need for action’ – comment on UCAS application statistics
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OFFA UCAS Universities University applications Student numbers Mature students Disadvantaged students Access
  • Jul 13, 2017
University applications fall 4% in 2017
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PoliticsHome Universities University applications Student numbers Nursing Mature students EU students International students Tuition fees Bursaries Student loans OFFA
  • 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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Guardian Universities Cambridge University OFFA Access Disadvantaged students
  • Jul 12, 2017
Finally, an admission that the game is up on tuition fees | Letters
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Guardian Universities Tuition fees OFFA UCU Funding Student debt Student loans
  • Jul 9, 2017
The facts are clear – Conservative university policy has failed
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New Statesman Universities Politics Funding OFFA Drop-out rates University applications IfS Disadvantaged students Maintenance grants Maintenance loans Student debt Student loans Social mobility
  • Jul 6, 2017
Response to appointment of Office for Students Chief Executive
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OFFA Leaders Leadership Universities Access
  • Jul 5, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 30 June 2017
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Pearson Policy Eye Apprenticeships Skills Colleges Funding National funding formula NFF Primary schools Secondary schools Teachers' pay Class sizes Online safety EU nationals Brexit Social mobility Gender inequality Pay Staff Access OFFA TEF DLHE Graduate outcomes Off-the-job training Procurement ESFA Non-levy employers Exams Ofqual Appeals Teacher training Mental health Disadvantaged pupils MATs LGAs
  • Jun 30, 2017
OFFA publishes outcomes of access agreement monitoring for 2015-16
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OFFA Access Universities Colleges Widening access Disadvantaged students Mature students Funding
  • Jun 29, 2017
OFFA access reports
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Russell Group OFFA Access Widening access Funding Scholarships Bursaries Outreach Disadvantaged students Social mobility Social Mobility Commission
  • Jun 29, 2017
Rise in poorer students dropping out of university
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BBC Universities Drop-out rates Disadvantaged students Completion OFFA Social mobility
  • Jun 29, 2017
Oxford and Cambridge 'need to improve access for disadvantaged students'
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Guardian OFFA Universities University applications Widening access Disadvantaged students Oxford University Cambridge University Oxbridge Entry requirements
  • Jun 29, 2017
Poorer students increasingly more likely to drop out of university early, figures show
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Independent Disadvantaged pupils Universities Drop-out rates Minorities OFFA Ethnicity Graduate outcomes
  • Jun 29, 2017
One in ten of poorer students drops out after the first year
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Times Universities Drop-out rates Disadvantaged students Undergraduates Middle-class OFFA
  • Jun 29, 2017
University drop-out rate for students from poorer homes at highest level in five years
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Mirror Universities Drop-out rates Disadvantaged students OFFA Ethnicity Widening participation Access
  • Jun 29, 2017
Oxbridge 'must do more to recognise potential in poorer applicants', says universities tsar
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Independent Universities Disadvantaged students Access Oxbridge Widening access OFFA
  • Jun 28, 2017
OFFA comment on Teaching Excellence Framework Year Two results
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OFFA Universities University rankings TEF
  • Jun 22, 2017
OFFA welcomes Social Mobility Employer Index
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OFFA Social mobility Employers Workplace Trailblazers Graduates Universities Colleges Access Employability
  • Jun 21, 2017
OFFA publishes new guidance on the evaluation of outreach
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OFFA Outreach Universities Colleges Disadvantaged students Access
  • Jun 21, 2017
OFFA publishes new guidance on evaluating outreach
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OFFA Sutton Trust Outreach Universities Colleges Disadvantaged students Access
  • Jun 21, 2017
Should universities raise school attainment? Yes, and here’s why
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Wonkhe Universities Attainment Widening access School sponsorship OFFA
  • Jun 6, 2017
Impact of the General Election 2017 on OFFA business
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OFFA Access Universities
  • May 2, 2017
How universities can use learning analytics to boost fair access and retention
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Jisc Universities Access Student retention OFFA HESA Drop-out rates
  • Apr 11, 2017
White British students from low socio-economic status groups
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OFFA Universities Disadvantaged students Access Ethnicity Gender HEFCE
  • Apr 10, 2017
Academic freedom is holding back fair access to the professions
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Wonkhe HE Universities OfS Social mobility Higher Education and Research Bill HE Bill OFFA Access Retention Achievement Employment TEF
  • Mar 15, 2017
OFFA comment on HESA non-continuation performance indicators
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OFFA HESA HE Universities Performance indicators Drop-out rates Student retention Disadvantaged students
  • Mar 9, 2017
OFFA comment on introduction of part-time maintenance loans
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OFFA Budget HE Universities Access Maintenance loans Part-time students
  • Mar 8, 2017
Preferred candidate for Chair of Office for Students announced
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DfE OFFA HEFCE OfS Office for Students Leaders Leadership
  • Feb 7, 2017
Comment on Office for Students Chair announcement
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OFFA HE Universities OfS Leaders Leadership
  • Feb 7, 2017
OFFA access agreement guidance – universities must play their part to raise school attainment
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OFFA HE Universities Attainment Disadvantaged students Access School sponsorship Academies
  • Feb 7, 2017
Help schools boost poor pupils' grades, universities told
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BBC HE Universities Access Disadvantaged pupils OFFA Widening participation Attainment
  • Feb 7, 2017
If we are serious about improving social mobility, universities must lend their expertise to secondary schools 
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Telegraph HE Universities Social mobility Higher Education and Research Bill OFFA Attainment Disadvantaged students
  • Feb 7, 2017
Top universities must do more to accept poor students, higher education tsar warns 
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Telegraph HE Universities Disadvantaged students Access OFFA
  • Feb 7, 2017
OFFA responds to UCAS January deadline data
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OFFA HE Universities UCAS Disadvantaged students Access Mature students
  • Feb 2, 2017
OFFA comment on UCAS data for individual universities
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OFFA UCAS HE Universities Statistical data
  • Jan 26, 2017
Further decline in part-time student numbers “a troubling trend” | Les Ebdon
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OFFA HESA HE Universities Part-time students Enrolments
  • Jan 12, 2017
Les Ebdon: Government amendments strengthen Higher Education Bill
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OFFA Higher Education and Research Bill HE Universities Access
  • Jan 4, 2017
OFFA comment on UCAS End of Cycle report
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OFFA UCAS Access Disadvantaged students HE Universities
  • Dec 15, 2016
OFFA publishes new tools to evaluate the impact of financial support
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OFFA HE Universities Access Funding Financial Disadvantaged pupils Grants
  • Dec 5, 2016
The case for social mobility league tables
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Wonkhe HE Universities Social mobility OFFA TEF
  • Nov 22, 2016
Universities and colleges “a key piece in the social mobility puzzle”
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OFFA HE FE Universities Colleges Social mobility Disadvantaged students
  • Nov 16, 2016
OFFA comment on Department for Education’s destination measures statistics
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Schools OFFA HE DfE Higher Education
  • Oct 13, 2016
Access Agreement Reference Group
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HE FE Skills OFFA
  • Sep 28, 2016
New programme to link WP practitioners and academics
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HE OFFA
  • Sep 21, 2016

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