Professor Les Ebdon CBE

Director of Fair Access to Higher

Education

Funding change

2013-14

Access agreement investment

Student Opportunity allocation

bursaries£320.1m

45%

fee waivers£167.3m

24%

student choice£42.4m

6%

outreach£95.9m

14%

student success£81.0m

11%

Disability allocation

£15.3m4%

Improving retention£228.0m

69%

Widening participation

£88.7m27%

2014-15

Access agreement investment*

Student Opportunity allocation

?* NSP revisions – provisional data

bursaries£340.4m

45%

fee waivers£147.3m

20%

student choice£49.0m

6%

outreach£111.8m

15%

student success

£106.8m14%

Rising access agreement investment

National strategy for access and student success

OFFA and HEFCE were asked to:

“develop a shared strategy for promoting access and maximising the impact of the investment made by the

Government, the Council and institutions”Letter to OFFA and HEFCE from Vince Cable, Secretary of State for

Business, Innovation and Skills, and David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, May 2012

Young participation in selective institutions

Source: OFFA publication 2014/01, Trends in young participation by student background and selectivity of institution, Figure 6: Trends in young participation in higher tariff time series HEIs for areas grouped by the proportion of children with graduate parents

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Young participation in selective institutions

Source: UCAS, End of cycle report 2013, Figure 59: 18 year olds entry rates to higher tariff institutions for disadvantaged areas (POLAR2 quintile 1) by country

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Differences in attainment

Source: HEFCE publication 2013/15, Higher education and beyond: Outcomes from full-time first degree study

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Mature and part-time students

A strategic approach to access agreements

Collaboration

• Universities

• Colleges

• Schools/teachers

• Parents

• Employers

…and collaboration between institutions.

Thanks for

listening

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