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- Glasgow Caledonian University is proud to be leading the way in widening access with multi-award winning, nationally recognised outreach programmes and as one of only two Scottish universities who are already meeting the Scottish Government’s target to have one fifth of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds by 2030.
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Glasgow Caledonian University is proud to be leading the way in widening access to higher education. We are passionately committed to ensuring access to education for talented individuals regardless of background and helping to raise educational aspirations within our communities.
Prof McKendrick, of Glasgow Caledonian University, said he was worried that cuts to college funding could further hinder progress. Colleges are facing cuts of 4.7% in 2024/25, a real terms ...
Glasgow Caledonian University is celebrating its own achievements on World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED). The event, now in its fourth year, is the only established global conference tackling issues of inequity in access and student success in higher education.
2 days ago · Universities Scotland’s Senior Public Affairs and Communications Officer Lauren Wards explains why progress towards Scotland’s ambitious widening access target cannot be made without the voices of the 40 Faces and others like them. University participation in Scotland is currently at its most inclusive.
Jul 25, 2023 · Scotland’s universities are working towards a 2030 target for the education system that 20% of Scottish university entrants should be comprised of students coming from the 20% most-disadvantaged backgrounds (also referred to as SIMD20 data zones).
Jul 25, 2023 · Meanwhile, the universities with the highest proportion of Scottish students entering university for the first time from deprived areas were the University of the West of Scotland (30.7 per cent), the Glasgow School of Art (23.9 per cent) and Glasgow Caledonian University (22.1 per cent).
May 17, 2022 · The Scottish Government’s Commission on Widening Access set the sector a target that by 2021, students from the 20% most-disadvantaged backgrounds (SIMD20) should represent at least 16% of full-time first-degree entrants to Scottish universities as a whole.
