@NEONHE

We empower and enable those with a commitment to widening access to HE to affect change #wideningparticipation #highered #education

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National Education Opportunities Network (NEON) | LinkedIn

National Education Opportunities Network (NEON) | 978 followers on LinkedIn. Working to help widen access to Higher Education | NEON is a UK-wide professional organisation which drives forward...

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Compulsory to 18? Too many still drop out at 16 feweek.co.uk/compulsory-to-1…

Compulsory to 18? Too many drop out at 16

A decade after raising the participation age of education, many disadvantaged still leave education at 16

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🚨LAST CHANCE: Don't miss this FREE webinar next Wed on how to better support #HigherEducation access & success! 👉Sign up before it's too late: supporting-students-to-achie… and learn from speakers from @UCBerkeley, @udechile, @NEONHE and the Saville Foundation. #WAHEN

Supporting low-income & marginalised students to achieve their potential

Launching WAHEN's ‘Supporting Higher Education Access and Success: How universities do this?’ Global Community

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World Access to Higher Education Network@WorldAccessHE18 Jun 2025
📢The next #WAHEN seminar focuses on how to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve their potential. Join for FREE & learn from speakers from @UCBerkeley, @udechile, @NEONHE & the Saville Foundation. 🗓️ 2 July📍Online 🔗supporting-students-to-achie… #HigherEducation
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Heading home with energy and ideas following a thought provoking day one @NEONHE @SalfordUni 💡 Inspiring speakers, powerful conversations each driven by the same aim #equality #accesstohe
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John Blake from the Office for Students opens day two of #NEONSymposium2025
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Nic Beech welcoming us all to the University of Salford #NEONSymposium2025
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The quiet before the storm #NEONSympsosium2025
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📢The next #WAHEN seminar focuses on how to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve their potential. Join for FREE & learn from speakers from @UCBerkeley, @udechile, @NEONHE & the Saville Foundation. 🗓️ 2 July📍Online 🔗supporting-students-to-achie… #HigherEducation
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It's hot in Salford. Preparations underway for tomorrow #NEONSymposium2025
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NEON Awards done! Full details in NEON News tomorrow. Congratulations to all of our 2025 commendations and winners!
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Excellent report out from @RISE_Oxford today looking at opportunities for young people in rural and coastal communities in England, or the lack of them).
Ruskin Institute for Social Equity@RISE_Oxford19 May 2025
NEW: #HigherEducation opportunities are being increasingly restricted for the poorest young people from rural & coastal communities in England. 👉Read our new report to see why the focus on #WideningAccess to HE needs to put place central: ruskin.ac.uk/news/new-rise-r… #University
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59% of universities considering cutting student bursaries #HigherEd wonkhe.com/blogs/redistribut…

Cash help for students is falling fastest where it’s needed most

With universities cutting bursaries and hardship funds as budgets tighten, Jim Dickinson finds support shrinking fastest, in real terms, exactly where students need it most

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Interesting analysis of the second wave of APPs and how the challenges faced by commuter students are being addressed #HigherEd wonkhe.com/blogs/how-commute…

How commuter students show up in new access and participation plans

Mack Marshall takes a look at the second wave of access and participation plans and analyses how and where commuter students show up.

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New research from shows the impact of both places and disadvantage #wideningaccess #HigherEd @suttontrust wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/both-…

Both place and individual socio-economic status can limit opportunity

New research from the Sutton Trust finds that a deprived upbringing has less of an impact on life chances in London than in Central Newcastle

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Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe #HigherEd feweek.co.uk/phillipson-to-e…

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

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We can build a better-integrated, place-based higher education system that widens access and drives economic growth – advancing social mobility and regional prosperity through FE/HE collaboration. #HigherEducation #wideningaccess wonkhe.com/blogs/this-is-wha…

This is what greater collaboration between further and higher education in England should look like

Place-based partnerships between FE and HE must be deep and equitable if they are to be sustainable, argues Sam Parrett

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Young people from deprived areas can’t afford to consider university #highered wonkhe.com/blogs/young-peopl…

Young people from deprived areas can’t afford to consider university

Teachers and parents in the areas where less young people go to university agree that the cost of study is a huge problem. David Kernohan asks how widening participation can work under such conditions

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Ofsted: Schools and colleges must improve ‘poor’ careers advice #HigherEducation #Careers feweek.co.uk/ofsted-schools-…

Ofsted: Schools and colleges must improve 'poor' careers

Schools and colleges have been criticised by Ofsted for “poor” levels of collaboration in ensuring disadvantaged students have good careers advice.

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BBC News - Talent leaving Wales for England due to scheme, unis say #HigherEd #Wales bbc.com/news/articles/c4g244…

'Talent' and 'money' leaving Wales due to scheme, universities warn

Critics say the Seren scheme focuses too much on Oxbridge and takes money and talent away from Wales.

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Teachers need support to understand what's needed in the UCAS personal statement #HigherEd #education hepi.ac.uk/2025/04/01/teache…

Teachers need support to understand what’s needed in the UCAS personal statement - HEPI

Teachers and admissions staff often disagree on UCAS personal statements, highlighting the need for clearer, transparent university guidance.

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