This event discussed disadvantaged students’ access to university, the BAME attainment gap and the issues faced by local commuter students.
We have now published recordings from the live broadcast of this insight event:
Introduction and keynote from Nicola Dandridge and Sir Michael Barber
Keynote: Dr Kedra Ishop, Vice-Provost for Enrollment Management at the University of Michigan
The right context: are current approaches to contextual admissions enough?
Narrowing the black and minority ethnic students’ attainment gap
Local and commuter students: challenges and opportunities
Closing keynote from Chris Millward
Thoughts from delegates
Related material
To coincide with the insight event, we also published an insight brief on contextual admissions:
- Read our brief on contextual admissions
- Radical changes needed to ensure university admissions identify potential, not just exam results
- Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not
- Guide to contextual admissions
In the media
The insight brief on contextual admissions was also reported on widely in the media. It was covered by The Sun, The Times, Guardian, Daily Mail, Telegraph, Independent, Times Higher Education and TES
Agenda
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