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Evolving Diversity

Evolving Diversity. An overview of inclusive access to Higher Education in Europe. Anthony F. Camilleri Fabio Nascimbeni Building Together a Society for All – A Circus Against Exclusion Brussels, Belgium. 19-10-2010. License Conditions.

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Evolving Diversity

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  1. Evolving Diversity An overview of inclusive access to Higher Education in Europe Anthony F. Camilleri Fabio Nascimbeni Building Together a Society for All – A Circus Against Exclusion Brussels, Belgium. 19-10-2010

  2. License Conditions CreativeCommons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Belgium License • You are free: • to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work • to Remix — to adapt the work • Under the following conditions: • Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). • Share Alike — If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.

  3. Agenda A little about EQUNET Context Interpretation of Findings Some Recommendations

  4. EQUNET • 8 partners from 6 countries • 4 research organisations • 4 stakeholder organisations • Expanding network of informal partners • 3 year project • 600,000 EUR budget – financed by the EU‘s Lifelong Learning Programme

  5. EQUNET tackles barries due to Educational background (issues revolving around recognition of non-formal and informal education, or non-traditional types of formal learning such as access for young persons who have been schooled at home, and distance learners) Socioeconomic conditions (issues revolving around access for people in employment, with family commitments, coming from divergent income groups, by level of dependency upon parents etc) Structural problems in Higher Education (dealing with issues such as curricula, governance structures, admissions standards, funding policies etc).

  6. An evidence based policy network • policy advocacy, by contributing to shaping EU and if possible national policies in its field. Its main concern is to shape agendas by influencing legislation and guaranteeing the representation of interests at the European level (and at a national or regional level); • dissemination and cross fertilisation, by promoting the EQUnet research findings and by fostering the exchange of best HE equity practices among relevant stakeholders and communities. As a European dissemination network it acts as a platform for mainstreaming and benchmarking of good practices at the Member states level; • resources documentation, by supporting the creation of an open archive for equity-related documents and resources.

  7. Agenda A little about EQUNET Context Interpretation of Findings Some Recommendations

  8. Context Financial Crisis New Jobs European Integration

  9. The target for Equity „ the student body […] should reflect the diversity of our population“ London Communique

  10. Higher Education lifts people out of poverty • Average lifetime benefit of HE for the individual in EU countries – EUR 90,000 • Statistics show that graduates from Higher Education show: • Better self-reported health • Higher interest in politics • Higher levels of interpersonal trust

  11. Agenda A little about EQUNET Context Interpretation of Findings Some Recommendations

  12. access accross the EHEA is inequitable • Countries so wide divergences on: • gender balance • net entry rates • entry via alternative routes • participation based on occupational / educational background • income gap of students • Ratios of foreign students • Lower socioeconomic backgrounds are: • less likely to attend Higher Education • likely to choose different courses of study • more likely to work during studies • far less likely to have a mobility experience

  13. Example: Socioeconomic Background

  14. Example: Socioeconomic Background

  15. Socioeconomic Background

  16. progress is happening but slowly 2125 2000-2010 1970-1980

  17. workforce re-skilling is an issue of equity • Re-skilling raises issues of: • Subject choice • Age-barriers • Work/Study balace

  18. cultural factors determine access Rational Choice = greatest benefit x lowest cost EUR 90,000 net lifetime benefit from HE Why isn‘t it obvious?

  19. Effect of Tuition Fees

  20. European Policies are not effective enough • 10 different EU instruments mention equity in Higher Education • Part of the Bologna Process since 2001 • Results speak for themselves • Independent studies confirm lack of effect so far

  21. economic recovery is an issue of equity

  22. Agenda A little about EQUNET Context Interpretation of Findings Some Recommendations

  23. More coordinated action at European level

  24. Support Equity Policies at National level

  25. Invest in Creating Cultural Capital

  26. Thank-You for Your Attention Evolving Diversity An overview of inclusive access to Higher Education in Europe Anthony F. Camilleri - anthony@camilleri.com Fabio Nascimbeni – fabio.nascimbeni@menon.org Presentation available from: http://www.equnet.infohttp://repository.equnet.info/35

  27. Food for Thought How can we change cultural attitudes to higher education amongst the lowest socioeconomic groups? How can we convince adult learners to join in Higher Education? How can we go about enhancing the role of civil society?

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