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Teachers need support to understand what’s needed in the UCAS personal statement
Dr Tom Fryer is Lecturer in Education, University of Manchester; Anna Burchfiel is a PhD Researcher at the University of West of England; Dr Matt Griffin is Programme Manager at Causeway Education; Dr Sam Holmes is CEO at Causeway Education; and Professor Steven Jones is Professor of Education at the University of Manchester. Our recent paper found substantial misalignment between state-school teachers and university admissions staff on what makes a high-quality UCAS personal statement.
SEISA by HESA – a new area-based measure of deprivation | Wonkhe
As a producer of official statistics, innovation is expected to be at the heart of what we do at HESA. Over the last few years, we’ve therefore been working on creating a new UK-wide area based measure of deprivation, with today marking the release of the interactive maps/postcode search tool associated with our new variable – the Socioeconomic Index for Small Areas (SEISA).
Making undermatch analysis work
The concept of “undermatch” – students attending courses that are less selective than might be expected given their academic attainment – has divided opinion. Should the possibility of better outcomes mean we attempt to channel students towards courses where they will have similar attainment to their peer group? Or is this a reductive and potentially damaging approach?
Sam Holmes | Wonkhe
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It's time to tackle all the gaps that surface in our student lifecycle data, not just the awarding gap
As the majority of providers in the English higher education sector focus on developing their new access and participation plans (APP), we have an opportunity to refresh our thinking about the barriers to equality of opportunity and outcome. With that in mind, I wanted to share a growing frustration of mine, regarding the way in which our sector approaches and discusses issues of educational inequality.
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