09.30 – 10.00

Refreshments and registration

10.00 – 10.30

The topography of higher education systems in the developed world
Professor Sheila Riddell, Sarah Minty and Dr Elisabet Weedon, University of Edinburgh

10.30 – 11.00

Higher Fees, Higher Debts: Unequal Graduate Transitions and Outcomes in England?
Dr Katy Vigurs, University of Derby; Dr Steven Jones, University of Manchester; and Dr Diane Harris, University of Manchester

11.00 – 11.30

The influence of funding regimes on cross-border student flows in different parts of the UK
Dr Susan Whittaker, University of Edinburgh

11.30 – 11.45

Tea and coffee

11.45 – 12.15

Proportionate universalism: Understanding Welsh higher education policy in a wider UK context
Lucy Hunter Blackburn, University of Edinburgh

12.15 – 12.45

Widening access and target setting: can social audit be used to promote social justice?
Professor Sheila Riddell, University of Edinburgh

12.45 – 13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 14.00

Widening access to higher education: balancing supply and demand in Ireland
Professor Emer Smyth, Economic and Social Research Institute Dublin

OR

Waxing and waning commitment to widening access in Sweden
Dr Elisabet Weedon, University of Edinburgh

14.00 – 14.30

Widening participation policies and outcomes in Germany
Dr Andrea Óhidy, University of Freiburg

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Higher education funding and student activism in Quebec: Le printemps érable and its aftermath
Professor Marie-Aurélie Thériault, University of Montreal

14.30 - 15.00

Widening access and retention in Australia
Professor Trevor Gale, University of Glasgow

OR

Finding a fit? The experiences of students from less advantaged backgrounds in an elite US university
Dr Katherine Friend, Nottingham Trent University

15.00 – 15.30

School curriculum and social inequalities in access to selective higher education institutions: Scotland and the US in comparison
Professor Cristina Iannelli, University of Edinburgh