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Direct linkAdnett, Nick; McCaig, Colin; Slack, Kim; Bowers-Brown, Tamsin – Higher Education Quarterly, 2011
In 2004 the Schwartz Review advised English higher education institutions that their admissions systems should: be transparent; select students who are able to complete their courses based upon achievements and potential; use assessment methods that are reliable and valid; minimise barriers to applicants; be professional; and be underpinned by…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Methods, English Instruction, College English
Adnett, Nick; Slack, Kim – Higher Education Quarterly, 2007
The expansion of higher education (HE) in the UK has disproportionately benefited young people from relatively rich families: the gap between rich and poor in terms of participation in HE having widened since the 1970s. We explore a neglected possible cause of this class difference: that the labour market fails to provide sufficient incentives for…
Descriptors: Incentives, Nontraditional Students, Higher Education, Labor Market
Adnett, Nick – Higher Education Quarterly, 2006
Across the British Isles there are common forces encouraging an expansion of higher education (HE) while constraining the ability and willingness of governments to finance it. We examine the nature of these forces and conclude that together they are likely to lead over time to the general taxpayer funding a declining share of HE costs. While there…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Income Contingent Loans, Higher Education, Costs
Pugh, Geoff; Coates, Gwen; Adnett, Nick – Higher Education Quarterly, 2005
We investigate the relationship between the widening participation performance indicators adopted in UK higher education (HE) and the government's objective of increasing overall HE participation rates. We critically assess the development of performance monitoring in HE and identify weaknesses in the current performance indicators from the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Performance Based Assessment, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
