Widening Participation in Higher Education: A Quantitative Analysis
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Quantitative Social Science
Abstract
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Publications
Chowdry H
(2013)
Widening Participation in Higher Education: Analysis Using Linked Administrative Data
in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society
Feinstein L
(2008)
Individual Differences in the Pathways into and Beyond Higher Education in the UK: A Life-Course Approach
in Journal of Social Issues
Gibbons S
(2012)
Geography, choice and participation in higher education in England
in Regional Science and Urban Economics
María Alejandra Arias (Author)
Who drops out of HE? : describing the data
Vignoles A
(2009)
The Socioeconomic Gap in University Dropouts
in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
| Description | This work has been widely cited and used to justify early intervention to widen participation in higher education since our work suggested the problem of widening participation is largely attributable to socioeconomic gaps in achievement in primary and secondary school. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2010 |
| Sector | Education |
| Impact Types | Policy & public services |
| Description | Witness for independent review of higher education funding and student finance |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Influence via Browne review of higher education funding. Invited to give evidence to the review and specifically disseminated the results from this project. |
| Description | Longitudinal studies and administrative data sets |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at the ESRC Ministerial Seminar, 19 July 2011, to discuss the results from this project and how we used administrative data effectively; discussing longitudinal studies and administrative data sets and the contribution they can make to the government policy making process. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Social mobility |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | January 2010 Meeting with Minister for Universities and Skills to discuss social mobility. Commissioned article summarizing evidence on social mobility for submission to BIS, feeding into Cabinet Office report on issue. Meeting with Minister for Universities and Skills to discuss higher education policy and the results of this project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | The future of higher education |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at The Guardian's The Future of Higher Education Summit, London, 16 March 2011. Large non academic audience and panel of influential speakers from within and without academe. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Widening participation in HE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Invited to be interviewed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |