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Head of Ucas expresses concern as recent data reveals gender gap in UK higher education is widening
07 January 2016
Lee Elliot-Major is quoted by The Independent in their report of new Ucas data highlighting the growing gender divide in university admissions.
The head of Ucas has expressed concern for the low number of boys securing places in education compared with girls on the day the organsation published data on admissions to full-time undergraduate higher education.
In response to the Ucas head’s comments, Dr Lee Elliot Major – chief executive of education think-tank The Sutton Trust – described how it is “a tragic waste of talent with a significant economic cost” to learn of how disadvantaged boys from white, working class backgrounds are performing so poorly in academics, reported The Telegraph.
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