Head of @AccessHE. Social mobility | Access and WP | HE in London. All views are personal.
London, England
Joined January 2019
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Richard Boffey retweeted
As students continue to struggle with the high cost of living, we echo @LondonHigher's call for Govt to increase maintenance support and reintroduce grants for poorer students👇
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Opportunity Cost: Access to HE and the cost of living crisis in London.
We find that although the cost of living is not causing students to opt out of HE study, it does have an impact on choice – with more students choosing to study locally👇
londonhigher.ac.uk/resource/…
ALT Report cover called “opportunity cost- access to HE and the cost of living crisis in London” written by dr Richard Boffey and mair Lawrence-Matthews.
Richard Boffey retweeted
Our Head of @AccessHE @rgboffey writes for @Wonkhe about the cost of living in London and our new report entitled “Opportunity Cost”📝
Want to hear more❓Join us on 03 July for a short webinar outlining the findings👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-o…
NEW on Wonkhe: The cost of living is an access and social mobility risk wonkhe.com/blogs/the-cost-of…
Richard Boffey retweeted
Worrying research from @rgboffey @LondonHigher - how the cost of learning crisis is impacting access
@Wonkhe
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@AccessHE have published a new report today: Opportunity Cost. It looks at how the cost of living crisis is impacting access to higher education. Here’s a 🧵 summarizing the findings [1/11]
Government can, and should, help too, by addressing the maintenance loan shortfall. We endorse the @suttontrust's proposals here: grants for poorer students and increased overall maintenance, funded through a more progressive loan repayment system [10/11]
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If we take action now, we can head off risks to access to HE that could otherwise set back #socialmobility in the capital. [ENDS]
Full report is available here: londonhigher.ac.uk/resource/…
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It was a pleasure to host this event together with @ETSInsights, looking at select areas of @LondonHigher members' vocational training and how these can help meet both recruitment *and* diversification challenges in the public sector.
#BuildingaFairerCity
Yesterday was the latest event in our #PoweringLondon series, looking at #LondonHE’s role in widening access to teaching, policing and social work. If we want to make London a fairer city then graduate entry to these vital professions must become more equitable🙏🏼
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⌛️Last chance to apply for this exciting role at @AccessHE!
A great opportunity to work with a diverse network fighting the good fight against educational inequality in London💪
Richard Boffey retweeted
In today's new blog, Claire Kirk, @AccessHE Membership and Communities Manager at London Higher, writes an explainer of the work our AccessHE forums do 👇
londonhigher.ac.uk/blog/what…
Richard Boffey retweeted
Huge congratulations to everyone shortlisted for the @LondonHigher widening participation or outreach initiative of the year! And a shout out to all submissions in what was a VERY strong field - testament to the strength of widening participation work across London ✊
Shortlisted for the Widening participation or outreach initiative of the year supported by @AccessHE are...🏆
@RavensbourneUK
@StMarysU
@CityUniLondon
@MiddlesexUni
@QMUL
@RoehamptonUni
ALT London Higher awards shortlist. Widening participation or outreach initiative of the year: Ravensbourne University London St Mary's University CITY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON
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Thanks @_CEILUP @UniWestLondon for the invite to this important event. Good to hear HE touched upon – both the role of #LondonHE as a driver of #socialmobility and, as @UniofGreenwich noted in the discussion, the ‘cost of learning’ for HE students as a levelling up challenge
Good discussion this evening on London and levelling up with @UniWestLondon vc and great panellists including @jackwbrown @Joe_Dromey @JonTabbush and @LocalisJoe
You don’t level up the country by levelling down our capital
My thoughts in @Wonkhe on the future of #uniconnect. 👇
What is at stake is not just whether the programme is funded - which it absolutely should be - but how it helps to deliver social justice (and how we define social justice in the first place)
NEW on Wonkhe: A recent evaluation of the Uni Connect programme has focused minds on the future of collaborative outreach in England. Richard Boffey makes the case for a foundation of social justice @LondonHigher wonkhe.com/blogs/uncertainty…
Delighted to be at @AREtweets_ #AREconference and cheering on my colleague @darren_desouza who is talking #LondonHE and education to employment pathways. @LondonHigher members have a vital role in developing future skills; Darren is giving a few egs of how
