Access and success at leading universities around the world
NEON Global Events
Date
24/03/2021
Time
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
A World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) Seminar
While the world’s highest ranking universities excel in research and teaching/learning the evidence suggests that students from low income and other marginalised groups are far less likely to enter these universities and if they do achieve their full potential can be a challenge. In late 2020 the Sutton Trust released the report ‘Room and the Top: Access at leading universities around the world’ which examined how 20 leading universities in 10 different countries are working to extend access to wider groups of students and support their success when they enter.
This seminar, convened by the National Education Opportunities Network (NEON) UK as part of the WAHED initiative, will bring together leading universities, thought leaders and policymakers to discuss the findings of the report and its recommendations. It will ask how can universities which are seen as leading in research and scholarship either globally or in their own countries also lead on equitable access?
Date: Wednesday 24th March 2021
Time: 1pm to 3pm (UK time)
Programme
| Time | Session | Speaker |
| 1.00pm | Introduction | |
| 1.15pm | Room and the Top: Access at leading universities around the world | Dr Graeme Atherton, Director, NEON |
| 1.45pm | From Access to Success: Princeton’s Initiatives to Support and Empower FLI Students | Khristina Gonzalez, Associate Dean of the College and Director of Programs for Access and Inclusion, Princeton University |
| 2.15pm | Panel discussion: Leading on equity – how can global universities meet the challenge? | Duncan Ross, Data and Analytics Director, Times Higher Education Professor Rosa Devés, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Universidad de Chile Cat Turhan, Policy Analyst, Russell Group Jon Beard, Director, Cambridge Admissions Office, University of Cambridge |
| 3.00pm | Closing Remarks |