Higher Education, Funding & Access

Event

The Outreach Centre

9C Holyrood Road

Edinburgh EH8 8FP

United Kingdom

Thursday, 31 August, 2017 - 00:00

The Centre for Research in Education Inclusion and Diversity (CREID) is pleased to extend a warm invitation to you and your colleagues to join our seminar “Higher Education, Funding & Access: Scotland & the UK in International Perspective”, to be held at the University of Edinburgh on the 31st August between 9:30am and 3:30pm.

We very much hope that as many colleagues and students of the School, University and beyond will be able to attend this exciting and engaging evening. Please do cascade this invitation amongst your colleagues and student groups within your own networks.

** RSVP NOW via Eventbrite https://creidevent-he-funding-access.eventbrite.co.uk **

Programme

Morning sessions – Chair: Professor Jim Gallacher

09.30 – 09.45	Coffee and registration
09.45 – 10.00	*Welcome and introduction to the day* Professor Sheila Riddell
10.00 – 10.30	*Widening access and tuition fees: What lessons can be learnt from the English experience?* Dr Gill Wyness, London School of Economics
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; Dr Diane Harris, University of Manchester
11.00 – 11.30	*The implications of HE funding and provision differences for students crossing borders in the UK* Dr Susan Whittaker, University of Edinburgh
11.30 – 11.45	Coffee break
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

Afternoon parallel sessions – Professor Lyn Tett & Professor Jim Gallacher

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 *Changing commitment to widening access in Sweden?* Dr Elisabet Weedon, University of Edinburgh
14.00 – 14.30	*Widening participation policies and outcomes in Germany* Professor Andrea Óhidy, University of Education Freiburg OR *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
15.30 – 15.50	*Summing up of the day* Joint discussants: Professor Lyn Tett & Professor Jim Gallacher

This event is free but please RSVP at Eventbrite.com. You will then receive a confirmation email after registration. If you experience any difficulties please email Grace Kong at <[email protected]> or phone her at 0131 651 6459.

We very much hope that as many colleagues and students of the School, University and beyond will be able to attend this exciting and engaging evening. Please do cascade this invitation amongst your colleagues and student groups within your own networks.

We look forward to receiving your booking.

Best wishes,

Centre for Research in Education Inclusion and Diversity (CREID)
www.creid.ed.ac.uk

Institute for Education, Community & Society (ECS)
The University of Edinburgh
Simon Laurie House • St. John Street,• Edinburgh EH8 8AQ
Tel/Fax: +44 (0)131 651 6459
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