White Working Class Males in British Higher Education
Additionally , the Education Strategy reiterated the university ’ s commitment to : “ Continue and extend our commitment to a partnership approach to outreach activities , including through student ambassadors , and our role in raising educational aspirations in our city and region ” ( 2016 , p . 10 ).
Likewise , Southampton Solent University use their access statement to confirm their mission ( Southampton Solent University , 2016a , p . 1 ):
We are dedicated to the pursuit of excellent university education that enables learners from all backgrounds to become enterprising citizens and responsible leaders , while also promoting economic and social prosperity for the communities we serve .
In addition to institutional efforts to widen participation , collaborative work between local HEI providers is also prevalent and includes participation in the Southern Universities Network ( SUN ), a HEFCE funded partnership which seeks to provide schools and colleges across Dorset , Hampshire and the Isle of Wight with access to HE outreach activities .
2.4 Progression at the end of Key Stage 4
The key stage 4 destinations data for local authorities indicates that the share of school leavers going into or remaining in a sustained education destination is lower in Portsmouth and Southampton when compared to Hampshire and the South East as a whole . From this year the destinations data is based on the Longitudinal Educational Outcomes dataset which gives almost complete coverage of young people ’ s destinations . 1 A relatively higher proportion of male school leavers in Portsmouth and Southampton compared to the South East have a sustained employment and / or training destination , and a higher share of leavers in these areas do not sustain a destination in the first two terms after leaving school .
Number of students *
Any education destination **
Sustained employment and / or training destination
Destination not sustained
Activity not captured in the data
Total |
% |
|
|
Males |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
England |
548,280 |
50.6 % |
90 % |
91 % |
3 % |
3 % |
6 % |
5 % |
1 % |
1 % |
South East |
86,750 |
50.7 % |
91 % |
92 % |
4 % |
3 % |
5 % |
5 % |
1 % |
1 % |
Hampshire |
13,345 |
51.5 % |
90 % |
92 % |
4 % |
3 % |
5 % |
4 % |
1 % |
- |
Isle of Wight |
1,395 |
51.3 % |
90 % |
92 % |
4 % |
2 % |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Portsmouth |
1,705 |
49.6 % |
87 % |
88 % |
5 % |
4 % |
7 % |
7 % |
1 % |
1 % |
Southampton |
1,905 |
50.7 % |
84 % |
87 % |
5 % |
3 % |
10 % |
8 % |
1 % |
2 % |
X indicates percentage is less than 0.5 % * Number of pupils in the 2013 / 14 KS4 cohort . Sustained destinations include pupils who |
have been in a combination of sustained education / employment / training for the first two terms ( October to March ). |
** All students with sustained education are recorded in education lines , regardless of participation in employment . Individual lines |
may not add up to totals as a small number of pupils were identified in more than one education destination . Not recorded as a |
sustained destination includes students who did not sustain a destination from October to March but had some participation |
between August and July and students who had no participation in education or employment but had claimed out-of-work benefits |
or were recorded NEET by their local authority between August and July . Activity not captured in data means the young person |
wasn ’ t found to have any participation in education or employment , had made no claim to out-of-work benefits and was not |
recorded NEET . Source : SFR47 / 2016 . |
Figure 3 : KS4 Local Authority : Percentage of the 2013 / 14 KS4 cohort going to , or remaining in , an |
education or employment destination in 2014 / 15 by gender ( provisional ). State-funded |
mainstream schools |
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
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1 Since employment and benefits data sources have been included in the tracking only 1 % nationally
remain unaccounted for . Possible reasons for this could be that the young person : was attending an independent school that wasn ’ t captured in the awarding body data ; was attending a Scottish or Welsh college or school ; was undertaking activity other than paid employment or study in the UK ; was living , working or studying overseas ; was self-employed ; was not successfully matched to a destination data source .