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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-10-23more like thismore than 2017-10-23
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Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Universities: Admissions more like this
house id 2 more like this
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to increase the diversity of the undergraduate body of students at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. more like this
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Lord Storey more like this
uin HL2399 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-11-06more like thismore than 2017-11-06
answer text <p>Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are entering at record rates to the most selective universities. There are also record entry rates across all ethnic groups.</p><p>The guidance to the Director of Fair Access (DfA), published in February 2016, asked for the most selective institutions, to make faster progress on widening access, and to ensure their outreach is more focused. This report can be found in the attached document.</p><p>The DfA has agreed access agreements for 2018/19 with plans for universities to spend more than £860 million on measures to continue to support improving access and student success for students from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds, up significantly from £404 million in 2009. We are introducing sweeping reforms through legislation. The Higher Education and Research Act includes a transparency duty requiring all universities to publish applications, offers, and acceptance and retention rates broken down by gender, ethnicity and social economic background. This will help to hold them to account for their performance on access and retention. In addition, we expect all universities, particularly the most selective, to help raise attainment and support school improvement, including through school sponsorship and by establishing new state schools.</p><p> </p>
answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie remove filter
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less than 2017-11-06T18:00:41.317Zmore like thismore than 2017-11-06T18:00:41.317Z
answering member
4169
label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie more like this
tabling member
4238
label Biography information for Lord Storey more like this