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24/09/2008
Top Universities To Announce Fair Access Initiative
Universities Secretary John Denham is to announce an initiative to ensure fair access for bright students to nine of the most selective Universities in England.
The move is to encourage the 3,000 or so students predicted to get top A-level grades, from the state school sector, to apply to the country's top universities, regardless of their background.
The universities who have signed up for the initiative are Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, King's College London, Leeds, Leicester, Newcastle, Southampton and Warwick.
Mr Denham, who is expected to announce the initiative at Labour's conference in Manchester, said: "I have always been clear that we must allow the most talented and hard working of our young people to achieve their full potential, irrespective of what kind of social background they came from, or the school they went to.
"This does not mean imposing admissions policies on universities. But it does mean universities recognising their full responsibilities in helping to seek out and develop the best of talents, wherever they are in our society."
The scheme will begin for students applying to start in 2010.
(GK/JM)
The move is to encourage the 3,000 or so students predicted to get top A-level grades, from the state school sector, to apply to the country's top universities, regardless of their background.
The universities who have signed up for the initiative are Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, King's College London, Leeds, Leicester, Newcastle, Southampton and Warwick.
Mr Denham, who is expected to announce the initiative at Labour's conference in Manchester, said: "I have always been clear that we must allow the most talented and hard working of our young people to achieve their full potential, irrespective of what kind of social background they came from, or the school they went to.
"This does not mean imposing admissions policies on universities. But it does mean universities recognising their full responsibilities in helping to seek out and develop the best of talents, wherever they are in our society."
The scheme will begin for students applying to start in 2010.
(GK/JM)
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