White Working Class Males in British Higher Education
List of Tables and Figures
Figure 1 : UK 18 year olds entry rates from most disadvantaged ( POLAR3 Q5 ) areas and from most disadvantaged areas ( POLAR3 Q1 ) by sex ............................................................. 7 Figure 2 : Share of entrants by POLAR quintile across institutions by tariff type .................. 8 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 .................................................................... 10
Figure 4 : KS4 Local Authority : Percentage of the 2013 / 14 KS4 cohort going to , or remaining in , an education or employment destination in 2014 / 15 by disadvantage ( provisional ) from state-funded mainstream schools .......................................................... 11 Figure 5 : Types of education destinations for KS4 2013 / 14 cohort ....................................... 11 Figure 6 : Percentage of the KS4 2013 / 14 cohort progressing to an Apprenticeship ....... 11 Figure 7 : Summary of institutional level ethnicity data by local authority area ( KS4 cohort in 2012 / 13 , going into destinations in 2013 / 14 ) .................................................... 12 Figure 8 : Proportion of 15 year olds who progressed into HE by age 19 during the
2005 / 06 and 2010 / 11 academic years by region .................................................................. 13 Figure 9 : Local young HE participation using POLAR3 ................................................................. 14 Figure 10 : Young HE participation in Southampton using POLAR3 ........................................ 15 Figure 11 : Young HE participation in Portsmouth using POLAR3 ........................................... 15 Figure 12 : Target wards for HE outreach at the University of Portsmouth ......................... 16 Figure 13 : Level 3 results of young people in state funded schools in the 2013 / 14 and
2014 / 15 academic years .................................................................................................................. 17
Figure 14 : KS5 Local Authority : Percentage of 2013 / 14 level 3 students in state funded schools and colleges , going to , or remaining in , an education or employment destination in 2014 / 15 ( provisional ) ......................................................................................... 17
Figure 15 : KS5 Local Authority : Percentage of 2012 / 13 level 3 students in state funded schools and colleges , going to , or remaining in , an education or employment destination in 2013 / 14 ( provisional ) ......................................................................................... 18
Figure 16 : Number of level 3 students in state funded mainstream schools and colleges , in 2012 / 13 , going to , or remaining in different destinations in 2013 / 14 .................... 18 Figure 17 : The share of level 3 cohort progressing to Apprenticeship in 2014 / 15 .......... 18 Figure 18 : Shares going into UK Higher Education ........................................................................ 19 Figure 19 : Level 3 destinations in 2014 / 15 ( provisional ) share by HE type : Mainstream schools and colleges ( state-funded only ) ................................................................................... 19 Figure 20 : Split between types of HEIs for L3 leavers from disadvantaged groups in the
L3 destinations cohort compared to all other levers in 2014 / 15 ( provisional ) ........ 20 Figure 21 : Summary of institutional level ethnicity data by local authority area .............. 21 Figure 22 : Attainment at GCSE level in 2012-2013 for FSM pupils by ethnicity ................ 21 Figure 23 : Percentage of white working class males applying or accepting a place at
Southampton Solent University ..................................................................................................... 24 Figure 24 : Attitudes to learning - agreement with statements (% who agree / strongly agree ) by POLAR3 quintile ............................................................................................................... 27 Figure 25 : Attitudes to next steps (% selecting each option as important factor in taking their next steps ) by POLAR3 quintile .......................................................................................... 28 Figure 26 : What would you most like to do next ? Responses from post 16 level survey respondents ........................................................................................................................................... 29 Figure 27 : Are you interested in studying a course at university ? - % of all respondents who said ‘ Yes ’ ........................................................................................................................................ 30 Figure 28 : Reported interest and likelihood of studying in HE ( Survey respondents currently in post-16 education only ) ........................................................................................... 30 Figure 29 : Percentage of survey respondents interested in different types of HE provision by POLAR3 quintile ........................................................................................................ 31
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