We need to know which widening participation initiatives actually work

How can widening participation best be achieved?

Jack Grove explores current strategies for widening participation in higher education, and finds out why improving access remains a huge challenge across the world, despite growing university enrolment

By Jack Grove

7 December

Widening participation should include those with a criminal record

Politicians are culpable for restricting student loans for prisoners, but universities need to be less wary of released offenders, says Nick Hillman

By Nick Hillman

6 November

Widening participation: LSE bucks trend as ‘elite’ universities struggle

Despite putting more money into improving access, the top universities still struggle, finds Emilie Sundorph

By Emilie Sundorph

6 September

Access tsar attacks ‘complacency’ on widening participation

Les Ebdon says that he came ‘close’ to rejecting access agreements in ‘one of the toughest’ rounds of negotiation yet

By Chris Havergal

23 August

We need to know which widening participation initiatives actually work

There is evidence of success in changing attitudes, but effects on admissions remain woefully under-explored, says David Robinson

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We need to know which widening participation initiatives actually work

There is evidence of success in changing attitudes, but effects on admissions remain woefully under-explored, says David Robinson

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Related articles

How can widening participation best be achieved?

Widening participation should include those with a criminal record

Widening participation: LSE bucks trend as ‘elite’ universities struggle

Access tsar attacks ‘complacency’ on widening participation

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