White British males from low socioeconomic status backgrounds

Reports

• LKMco: The underrepresentation of white working-class boys in higher education: The role of widening participation (2016)
  This report explores why white working-class boys are underrepresented in higher education and what widening participation practitioners can do to tackle the problem.
• The National Education Opportunities Network (NEON): About a boy: The challenges in widening access to higher education for white males from disadvantaged backgrounds (2016)
  This report explores the challenges in widening access to higher education for white males from disadvantaged backgrounds.
• The National Education Opportunities Network (NEON): Working class heroes: Understanding access to higher education for white students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds (2019).
  This report provides an in-depth look at how participation of white students from areas of low higher education participation varies by higher education providers in England.
• The Social Mobility Advisory Group: Working in partnership: Enabling social mobility in higher education (2016).
  This report summaries the evidence as to where disadvantage lies and demonstrates that socioeconomic disadvantage continues to be the most significant driver of inequality in terms of access to and outcomes from higher education.
• The Southern Universities Network: White working-class males in British higher education: Pre and post-entry perspectives (2017).
  This report brings together findings from two research projects commissioned in support of the Southern Universities Network (SUN), which explored the disadvantages experienced by white working-class males.