Getting in and getting on needs to go up the agenda, not down. Alex Blower Wonkhe article

As widening access efforts come under pressure from cuts to budgets, Alex Blower reports back from a national summit to argue that keeping a focus on fairness will be essential to future support from government. The Forum for Access and Continuing Education (FACE), a charity committed to enabling opportunities across the educational landscape, held their annual summit at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. With speakers such as Public First and John Blake, Director for Fair Access at the Office for Students, the event examined how work which promoted fair access and participation could help us navigate a period of significant turbulence within the HE sector, and society as a whole. To access the article click here