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<p>Everyone with the talent and capability to succeed in higher education should have
the opportunity to benefit from a high-quality university education, regardless of
age, background or where they grew up.</p><p> </p><p>So that providers are identifying
talent in areas of disadvantage, they need to use good-quality and meaningful data.
We encourage higher education providers to use a range of measures including individual-level
indicators, area data (such as Participation of Local Areas, Index of Multiple Deprivation
or postcode classification from ACORN), school data, intersectional data such as Universities
and Colleges Admissions Service’s (UCAS) Multiple Equality Measure, and participation
in outreach activities.</p><p> </p><p>We are actively considering how we can make
available free school meals data, taking in to account relevant data protection legislation,
and will continue to work closely with UCAS and the Office for Students to this end.
In general, we are looking to make data as illuminating as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The
government believes that every young person with the potential should have the opportunity
to access higher education, if it is right for them. A person’s background or start
in life should not determine their future.</p>
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