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

Overview

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