Do you know the equality implications of the HE white paper?

The Government has published the higher education white paper ‘Success as a knowledge economy: teaching excellence, social mobility and student choice’. Are you aware of the implications of the white paper on publishing your equality data? What information are you already publishing?  

In May the government published the white paper, building on the proposals set out in the green paper to improve opportunities for disadvantaged groups. Higher education institutions will be required to publish data on application, offer and progression by ethnicity, gender and socioeconomic background.

Provision of this information, along with overall participation rates, continuation rates, degree attainment and outcome and employment outcomes will help the sector to understand the barriers that exist – and put in place measures to overcome disadvantage.

You can download the white paper here

The Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) has published ‘Know your numbers’, which sets out some of the key issues that the sector needs to tackle. You can download this document here