Reaching wider
and aiming higher
Deian Hopkin
Vice Chancellor, London South Bank University
14-19 Diploma Champion for HE
CRAC 10 April 2008: Decisions at 18:
Access, privilege and widening participation
1. Some contexts
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Global Connections 0
Cultural Leadership
Corporate Chieftains
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Golden Empty Nesters
Provincial Privilege
High Technologists
Semi-Rural Seclusion
Just Moving In
Fledgling Nurseries
Upscale New Owners
Families Making Good
Middle Rung Families
Burdened Optimists
In Military Quarters
Close to Retirement
Conservative Values
Small Time Business
Sprawling Subtopia
Original Suburbs
Asian Enterprise
Respectable Rows
Affluent Blue Collar
Industrial Grit
Coronation Street
Town Centre Refuge
South Asian Industry
Settled Minorities
Counter Cultural Mix
City Adventurers
New Urban Colonists
Caring Professionals
Dinky Developments
Who goes to university?
Town Gown Transition
University Challenge
Bedsit Beneficiaries
Metro Multiculture
- Higher Age Profile
Upper Floor Families
Mosaic Type / Group
Tower Block Living
Dignified Dependency
Sharing a Staircase
Families on Benefits
Low Horizons
Ex-industrial Legacy
Rustbelt Resilience
Older Right to Buy
White Van Culture
New Town Materialism
Old People in Flats
Low Income Elderly
Cared for Pensioners
Sepia Memories
2004 UCAS Profile (Total Base)
Childfree Serenity
High Spending Elders
Bungalow Retirement
Small Town Seniors
Tourist Attendants
Summer Playgrounds
Greenbelt Guardians
Parochial Villagers
Pastoral Symphony
Alex Singleton, University College London: www.spatial-literacy.org
Key Widening Participation Groups
Upland Hill Farmers
Rural Isolation
Happy Families
Urban Intelligence
Ties of Community
Suburban Comfort
Grey Perspectives
Welfare Borderline
Symbols of Success
Tw ilight Subsistence
Blue Collar Enterprise
Municipal Dependency
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Global Connections
Cultural Leadership
Corporate Chieftains
Golden Empty Nesters
Provincial Privilege
High Technologists
Semi-Rural Seclusion
Just Moving In
Fledgling Nurseries
Upscale New Owners
Families Making Good
Middle Rung Families
Burdened Optimists
In Military Quarters
Close to Retirement
Conservative Values
Small Time Business
Sprawling Subtopia
Original Suburbs
Asian Enterprise
Respectable Rows
Affluent Blue Collar
Industrial Grit
Coronation Street
Town Centre Refuge
South Asian Industry
Settled Minorities
Counter Cultural Mix
City Adventurers
New Urban Colonists
Caring Professionals
Dinky Developments
Town Gown Transition
University Challenge
to accepting institution (2004)
Bedsit Beneficiaries
Metro Multiculture
Upper Floor Families
Mosaic Type / Group
Tower Block Living
Dignified Dependency
Sharing a Staircase
Families on Benefits
Low Horizons
Ex-industrial Legacy
Rustbelt Resilience
(All Home Acceptances)
Average Distance from applicant home
Older Right to Buy
White Van Culture
New Town Materialism
Old People in Flats
Low Income Elderly
Cared for Pensioners
Key WP groups
Sepia Memories
Childfree Serenity
High Spending Elders
Bungalow Retirement
Average Distance Travelled to University 2004
Small Town Seniors
Tourist Attendants
Summer Playgrounds
Alex Singleton, University College London: www.spatial-literacy.org
Greenbelt Guardians
Parochial Villagers
Pastoral Symphony
Upland Hill Farmers
Rural Isolation
Happy Families
Urban Intelligence
Ties of Community
Suburban Comfort
Grey Perspectives
Welfare Borderline
Symbols of Success
Tw ilight Subsistence
Blue Collar Enterprise
Municipal Dependency
Graduation rates of 20-21 year olds
OECD comparisons 2005
Australia 59%
Iceland 56%
New Zealand 51%
Finland 47%
Denmark 46%
Poland 45%
Netherlands 42%
Norway 41%
Italy 41%
United Kingdom 39%
OECD AVERAGE 36%
Percentage change in enrolments by subject area, 1996/7 to 2005/06
2. Strategies
Further or Higher Education or Employment
A different kind of learner?
Key components of the Advanced Diploma
additional and/or
principal learning generic learning specialist learning
functional skills: complementary
sector-related English, maths, ICT learning
personal, learning
mandatory and thinking skills progression
pathways
work
newly-developed, experience
unitised choice
(min. 10 days)
qualification
extended project
Extended Diploma
The diploma ICT
Society, Health & Development
Engineering
Sept 2008 Creative and Media
Construction
Environmental& Land-Based,
Manufacturing
Sept 2009 Hair and Beauty
Business Admin and Finance
Hospitality and Catering
Public Services
Sport and Leisure
Sept 2010 Retail
Travel and Tourism
Science
Sept 2011 Humanities
Languages
EXTENDED DIPLOMA
Sept 2013 NATIONAL ENTITLEMENT
Gateway results for 2009
Applications made by 357 Consortia, for 1020 lines, and
covering 141 Local Authorities.
2406 Secondary schools - 61 Academies - 277 special
schools - 7 non-maintained special schools - 4 independent
schools - 332 colleges - 109 universities
588 (58%) lines of learning for delivery from 2009
providing 58,100 places
258 (25%) to be delivered from 2010)
5 consortia have been approved to deliver all 10 Diploma
Lines (Barnsley, Kingswood, Plymouth, Sunderland and
Wolverhampton)
In other words 72% of secondary schools and 88% of
colleges will offer Diplomas in September 2009
Gateway Applications for 2009
Regional Distribution
Number of consortia
Region No of LAs applying
Eastern England (9 LAs) 39*
East Midlands (8 LAs) 32
London (31 LAs) 36
North East (12 LAs) 26
North West (22 LAs) 37
South East (16 LAs) 61
South West (14 LAs) 37
West Midlands (14 LAs) 56
Yorkshire and
Humberside (15 LAs) 33
TOTAL (141 LAs) 357
Gateway Applications for 2009
Number of applications per Diploma line
Diploma Line Applications
Business Administration and Finance 165
Hair and Beauty Studies 151
Hospitality 142
Environmental and Land Based Studies 111
Society, Health and Development 100
Creative and Media 96
Information Technology 90
Construction and Built Environment 69
Engineering 54
Manufacturing and Product Design 42
1020
Key considerations
• Developing better Information advice and
guidance
• Ensuring the quality of the partnership
• Fair and effective distribution of resources
• The challenge of timetabling and logistics
• Teacher support
• Alignment with other initiatives e.g.
apprenticeships
• Development of clear progression routes
3. Advice and Guidance
4. The new landscape
For schools and colleges
• Expansion of Diploma consortia and lines of
learning with additional funding
• Local authority responsibility for 14-19
entitlement from 2010
• Skills Funding Agency to manage the National
Employer Service and the National
Apprenticeship Scheme
For universities
• Major review of access and admissions procedures
by an expanded Office for Fair Access
• Review of the strategies for widening participation
• Greater involvement in schools – including Trusts and
Academies
• Greater involvement in Diploma consortia and in the
development of Additional and Specialised Learning.
• Continued engagement with Lifelong Learning
Partnerships and Aim Higher
5. The prize
Thank You