NEON – the National Education Opportunities Network
“Over 50% of universities admit less than 5% of white students from low participation neighbourhoods”
NEON's 2019 ‘Working Class Heroes – Understanding access to higher education for white students from lower socio-economic backgrounds’ report.
We at NEON believe that access to and success in higher education should never be based on race, ethnicity or socio-economic background, only a person’s potential and dreams.
Affecting change across Higher Education
NEON is the professional organisation supporting those involved in widening access to higher education (HE). NEON enables those working to widen access to HE at all levels and in all sectors to affect change in their own organisations and communities.
At the heart of NEON is a cross-sector approach bringing together Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), schools, colleges, the voluntary sector, professional bodies and employers. NEON grew from the need for a strong, coherent community of professionals that could support learners from underrepresented backgrounds to enter HE. NEON is shaped and led by its members.
UCAS' Richard O'Kelly shares the latest insight from surveys of applicants to #highereducation, exploring their circumstances and motivations https://wonkhe.com/blogs/keep-calm-students-still-want-to-study/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Wonkhe%20Daily%20-%20Thursday%209%20July&utm_content=Wonkhe%20Daily%20-%20Thursday%209%20July+CID_3b931e2fd56ddd7aa1478ec2a91b4ddc&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=shares%20insight%20from%20UCAS%20surveys%20of%20applicants%20to%20higher%20education%20exploring%20their%20circumstances%20and%20motivations
UK #universities receive record number of applications in lockdown https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jul/09/uk-universities-record-number-applications-lockdown
Online nursing degrees to be launched in 2021, confirms HEE to making it easier to balance family or carer roles #wideningparticipation
#careers
https://nursingnotes.co.uk/news/education/online-nursing-degrees-launched-2021confirms-hee/
Don’t be ‘woke’ but do more to support #BAME students, ex-minister Sam Gyimah tells #universities https://inews.co.uk/news/education/woke-bame-students-ex-minister-sam-gyimah-universities-499156
Outreach has had to rethink and ensure the values and outcomes align with the context we find ourselves in. @NEONHE asked – ‘Where to now for outreach? Innovation and impact of Covid 19 on widening access to HE work in 2020-21’
