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Bearing bad news Vikki Boliver School of Applied Social Sciences Durham University Society for Research into Higher Education seminar London Metropolitan University 2 nd April 2014. The bad news. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Bearing bad news
Vikki BoliverSchool of Applied Social Sciences
Durham University
Society for Research into Higher Education seminar London Metropolitan University
2nd April 2014
The bad news Exploration of the striking under-representation of students
from state schools and ethnic minority backgrounds at Russell Group universities, using UCAS data for 1996-2006
Found that applicants from state schools and from ethnic minority backgrounds were less likely to receive offers of from Russell Group universities than comparably qualified applicants from private schools and the White group
Little if any change between 1996 and 2006 (original study), and between 2006 and 2013 (research update)
Bad news for Russell Group universities: certain applicants somehow systematically disadvantaged in the admissions process
The impact strategy Paper scheduled for publication in the British Journal of
Sociology in June 2013
Keynote presentation at a conference on Higher Education and Social Mobility, organised by the Higher Education Academy, in March 2013
Press release issued on the day of the conference
Paper pre-circulated the day before to: The Russell Group; Universities UK; UCAS Office for Fair Access; SPA; ECU David Willetts; Alan Milburn Sutton Trust; The Bridge Group; Social Mobility Foundation
Extensive media coverage
Some less helpful media reportage
Russell Group response
Political impact?
Political impact?
UCAS’s own analysis
Positive developments (not my doing)
Things to do differently
Share the research findings with key organisations instead of (or well before) publicising in the media
Build up relationships with key organisations over time
Have a clearer idea of next steps
Highlight that ethnic inequalities in admissions chances are, in fact, a sector-wide problem