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NEWS AND CURRENT AF FAIRS | DIARY | 05 Read a related story: click here GRADUATE TRENDS FOR THE FUTURE There is a link between high university participation in London and a large ethnic minority population, according to the HECSU T
he high proportion of people going to university in London is distinctly linked to
the capital's large ethnic minority population, reports the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU) in the winter edition of Graduate Market Trends (GMT) published recently. Jane Artess, director of research
at HECSU, comments on the findings, which explain the regional differences in higher education participation in England1: "The proportion of young people from London who enter university is significantly higher than other regions. There is also a prominent east/west divide in the city itself with a significantly higher than expected proportion of young people atending university in West London than East London. "These geographical differences
1 HECSU analysed data from HEFCE (2013) 'trends in young participation in higher education'
www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/ year/2013/201328/#d. en.83272 2 Young people's aspirations to go to university, GCSE results and admissions to university separately by ethnicity and region
correspond closely to each area's proportion of young people from ethnic minority backgrounds. The 2011 Census shows that over 60% of people aged 18 to 19 are from ethnic minority backgrounds in Brent, Ealing and Harrow in comparison to less than 20% in Havering, Bexley and Bromley. "Several recent studies have
shown that young people from ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to aspire to go to university than those from White backgrounds and now it seems likely that the higher
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The full analysis can be read in the winter edition of GMT at
www.hecsu.ac.uk. THE 2011 CENSUS SHOWED THAT OVER
OF THOSE AGED 18 TO 19 ARE FROM AN ETHNIC MINORITY
60%
BACKGROUND IN BRENT, EALING AND HARROW
proportion of young people going to university in London can be related to the city's large ethnic minority population. "To shed light on this area
we examined differences between London and the remaining regions regarding aspirations to go to university in Year 9, GCSE results and university admissions2. "We found that
the higher aspirations of non-White and White respondents and the relatively good GCSE
Jane Artess
scores of non-White respondents in London when compared with regions outside the capital goes some way towards explaining the higher proportion of young people who go to university in London. "The important point for
policies aiming to increase the number of young people going to university in different regions is to recognise that the wider environment has an influence on young people's aspirations so that a one size fits all approach is unlikely to be useful." UB
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