Presentation to the Further Education Alliance on 27th Sep. 2017, summarising university access research, full report here http://www.reform.uk/publication/joining-the-elite-how-top-universities-can-enhance-social-mobility/

1. Rethinking access
Emilie Sundorph, Researcher
@ESundorph
Louis Coiffait, Head of Education
@LouisMMCoiffait
Reform
@ReformThinkTank

2. Agenda
> Introducing Reform
> Report summary – Joining the elite
> Politics and what’s next
> Q&A

3. Introducing Reform
> Independent and non-partisan Westminster think tank
> Our mission is to set out a better way to deliver public
services and economic prosperity

4. Joining the elite: how top universities can
enhance social mobility
> Increasing access at high-tariff institutions – why?
“Some institutions see WP
spending as a tax”

5. Joining the elite: how top universities can
enhance social mobility
> Where has progress been made and how?
> Our research approach;
o HESA data,
o access agreements,
o admissions policies,
o OFFA spending data,
o FOIs,
o and interviews
> Built an access ‘league table’ of high-tariff institutions…

7. Joining the elite: how top universities can
enhance social mobility
> The outlier, LSE
“Any institution that takes WP seriously has to consider
contextualised admissions”

8. Joining the elite: how top universities can
enhance social mobility
> Defining contextualised admissions,
a ‘spectrum’ of options

9. Joining the elite: how top universities can
enhance social mobility
> What else works?
> Where do funds go exactly?
> And how can we measure success?

10. Joining the elite: how top universities can
enhance social mobility
> More uniform and detailed reporting of spending
> Using tracking services to make more specific aims for
working with younger ages
> Understanding approaches to and outcomes of
contextualised admissions

11. The wider political context, what next?
> Fees based on future earnings, properly benchmarked?
> Universities ‘awash with cash’ says Sunday Times
> Objections to
contextualised
admissions?
> Renewed focus
on ‘skills / FE’
still coming?
> Still pressure to
sponsor schools,
or other forms of
partnership?
> Labour’s NES?

12. Joining the elite – Q&A
Emilie Sundorph and Louis Coiffait