Independent: Government will miss ‘ambitious’ 2020 higher education widening participation targets, report finds
Published on April 5, 2016
Coverage of the Social Market Foundation report on Widening Participation, published in partnership with University Alliance and the Open University has appeared in the Independent.
The report looks in detail at the Prime Minister’s ambition to double the proportion of disadvantaged students entering higher education by 2020. The report finds that the Government is on course to miss its targets.
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