Jo Johnson tells universities to increase access to higher education among poorer white boys and gash dropout rates among black studentsThe government has imposed new rules on universities requiring them to work more closely with schools in poorer areas,targeting white working-class boys in particular in a tender to salvage them into higher education, the Guardian can reveal.
Following the prime minister’s ferocious criticism of levels of inclusion and diversity in universities, and the government has issued fresh guidance to the Office for Fair Access (Offa) demanding that universities conclude more to boost social mobility and raise aspirations among deprived groups.
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Source: theguardian.com