‘Slow progress’ on widening access to elite English universities

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#1 Submitted by AntonyB on July 2, 2017 - 5:33am

I'm not surprised that mature students have higher dropout rates than the young. Although they're likely to be more motivated (having decided to attend uni after experiencing other aspects of life), they also have a lot more complicating factors: children and elderly parents being among them.

‘Slow progress’ on widening access to elite English universities

University access watchdog also flags falling numbers of mature and part-time students as ‘grave concern’

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