Joint Event

The path to higher education: socioeconomic disadvantage in plans and outcomes

Date: Thursday, 20 September 2018 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Gordon House 106, 29 Gordon Square

A CGHE/British Academy event.

2:00 Coffee (Gordon House 209)

2:20 Welcome – Nikki Shure (UCL Institute of Education and CGHE)

2:25 Ambitious university plans and GCSE performance – John Jerrim, Nikki Shure, and Gill Wyness (UCL Institute of Education)

2:50 Socioeconomic inequality in access to high-status colleges: A cross- country comparison – John Jerrim (UCL Institute of Education)

3:15 Academic undermatch among high-attaining disadvantaged students: school, neighbourhood, and regional factors – Stuart Campbell, Lindsey Macmillan, Richard Murphy, and Gill Wyness (UCL Institute of Education and CGHE)

3:40 ‘First in family’ university graduates – Morag Henderson and Nikki Shure (UCL Institute of Education and CGHE)

4:05 SES gradients in graduate earnings outcomes – the roles of subject and institution – Matt Dickson (University of Bath)

4:30 Discussant – Lorraine Dearden (UCL Institute of Education, IFS, CGHE)

4:40 Discussion

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