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<p>Latest data from UCAS shows that the application rate to higher education for 18
years olds from disadvantaged backgrounds is at a record level. All institutions wishing
to charge fees above the basic level must agree an Access Agreement with the independent
Director of Fair Access (DFA) on their measures to widen access to higher education.
This Government has extended the term of office for the current Director.</p><p>In
his latest guidance to Institutions on how to produce access agreements the DFA has
asked all Institutions with medical schools to consider the guidance on improving
access to medical courses for those from lower socio-economic groups, developed by
the Medical Schools Council and published in December 2014. The guidance from the
medical schools council was developed in response to the Government call for more
to be done to widen participation to medicine.</p>
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