World Access to Higher Education Day

World Access to Higher Education Day is a new day of awareness that aims to bring global attention to inequality in access to higher education and accelerate action.

The first World Access to Higher Education Day is on Wednesday 28th November 2018. For more information about the conference, please click here. 

What’s happening for World Access to Higher Education Day?

  • A global student voices campaign highlighting the stories of marginalised students
  • A global network of conferences with agendas reflecting the key issues in each region
  • Activities in countries across the world focusing on breaking down the barriers to access
  • The launch of a new report investigating what needs to be done next

Why World Access to Higher Education Day?

There is inequality in access to higher education in every country in the world where we have evidence. Higher education is causing inequality when it should be solving it. Progress in tackling the issue is too slow – most European countries failed to even set targets by 2015 despite agreeing to do so in 2009 – and a lack of global networks also makes this problem harder to solve. World Access to Higher Education Day will raise global awareness of the issue and build global links to make sure that inequality in access to higher education is tackled more quickly.

World Access to Higher Education Day is organised by NEON and is supported by NCUK. NCUK is a consortium of leading UK universities dedicated to giving international students guaranteed access to universities worldwide and helping you succeed when you get there.

Find out more about World Access to Higher Education and the latest access news by going to WorldAccessHE.com or follow the action at @WorldAccessHE