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<p>There are already record numbers of disadvantaged English 18 years olds benefitting
from full-time higher education, and universities expect to spend over £860 million
in 2018/19 on measures to improve the access and success of disadvantaged students,
up from £404 million in 2009, through their access agreements.</p><p> </p><p>The Higher
Education and Research Act includes a transparency duty requiring all universities
to publish applications, offers, acceptance and retention rates broken down by gender,
ethnicity and social economic background. This will help to hold universities to account
for their records on access and retention.</p>
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