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Fair access in Scotland and higher education
20 February 2020, 12:30 pm–2:00 pm
Dr Scott will explore the access to higher education for disadvantaged students in Scotland.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Organiser
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Centre for Global Higher Education
Location
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Room 604UCL Institute of Education20 Bedford WayLondonWC1H 0AL
The Scottish Government has set an ambitious target that by 2030 20% of entrants to higher education should come from the 20% most deprived communities across Scotland.
Interim targets of 16% in 2021 and 18% by 2026. Progress has been rapid with the 2021 target already met.
However, difficult issues still remain. Big differences between individual universities and between colleges and universities, reluctance to offer Higher National students full credit on degree programmes and potentially over-timid use of contextual admissions.
This seminar will examine these issues as well as wider issues and dilemmas that confront all higher education systems in their effort to widen access.
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About the Speaker
Peter Scott
Commissioner for Fair Access in Scotland and Emeritus Professor of Higher Education Studies at UCL Institute of Education
Peter was previously a Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University and before that Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Education at the University of Leeds. While a member of the board of the (former) Higher Education Funding Council for England, he chaired HEFCE’s strategic committees first on widening participation and later learning, teaching and quality assurance.