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<span class="x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This excellent article on call for change to university governance structures in Australia might be of interest. Details at </span><span class="x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://theconversation.com/universities-are-not-corporations-600-australian-academics-call-for-change-to-uni-governance-structures-143254" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0"><span style="text-decoration:underline; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">https://theconversation.com/universities-are-not-corporations-600-australian-academics-call-for-change-to-uni-governance-structures-143254</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">From this article : “Public Australian universities are created by legislation which establishes them as statutory bodies with delegated legislative powers, similar to local councils. While
each enabling act varies, universities are generally comprised of all permanent academic members of staff, all students, all graduates and a council.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">University councils are the governing bodies of each university, with a mandate to act on behalf of the university (constituted as above) to enact its legislative mandate (generally speaking,
research and tertiary education). In this sense, <b>universities are </b></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i>not</i></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> commercial corporations,
councils are </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i>not</i></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> boards of directors, vice-chancellors are
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">There is so much important information and links in this open letter that is very useful for the global academic community. I want to thank all 600 colleagues who came together to discuss,
write and sign this open letter. </span></p>
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<span class="x_x_x_x_ContentPasted1" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">VCs are saying that the funding model for Higher Education is broken. Then why are VC’s and senior managers keeping increasing their huge salaries! <a href="https://campusmorningmail.com.au/news/accounting-for-vice-chancellors-salaries/" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="LPlnk727881">https://campusmorningmail.com.au/news/accounting-for-vice-chancellors-salaries/</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; margin:0px">The rise of cronyism in some UK Universities and Higher Education senior appointments is also very concerning. Details at </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">I think seeing the scale of greed and corrupt practices (including the rise of cronyism in some senior management appointments) happening in some UK universities, it is also time for a call
for change to university governance structures in UK universities. Hence I am requesting the UK Government to reform the UK Higher Education system and to implement the right to quality education opportunities for all.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Having these open discussions are important to share and bring together ideas from all colleagues and help build consensus on the way forward to build a better future for all.</span><span class="x_x_x_x_Apple-converted-space x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> 02 June 2023 09:09<br>
</font><b style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Subject:</b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Re: Open Letter requesting
the UK Government to reform the UK Higher Education system and to implement the right to quality education opportunities for all</span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Came across this article in the Guardian</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_Apple-converted-space x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
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<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/may/31/funding-model-for-uk-higher-education-is-broken-say-university-vcs" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/may/31/funding-model-for-uk-higher-education-is-broken-say-university-vcs</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_Apple-converted-space x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Interestingly there is no mention in this article about the high salaries of VCs and Senior Managers in some UK universities (some salaries are over £300k per year + perks).</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">Universities have a social responsibility.</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">There is an urgent need to provide full scholarships (with maintenance grant) for 30 percent of seats in each Russell Group university
</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">(the richest and prestigious universities in the UK) for students from economically poor families and first-generation students (first in family to go to university). I request
the kind support of all MPs, all major UK Political parties and UK Government for </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">the Right to Quality Education opportunities for All</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">Let us all work together so that we can ensure the</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">right to quality education opportunities for the 4.2 million children currently living in poverty in the UK. This is important for the better future
of our country and our future generations.</b></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> 21 May 2023 11:53<br>
</font><b style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Subject:</b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Open Letter requesting
the UK Government to reform the UK Higher Education system and to implement the right to quality education opportunities for all</span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Dear colleagues,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">I came across this article in The Guardian on 21st May 2023</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i>“The restoration of some form of maintenance grant would help ease the costs of attending university for poorer students, but Labour is waiting until closer to the general election before
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i>Some believe the party’s next manifesto could simply contain a fudge on the issue of university funding, including a pledge to overhaul the current system.</i>”</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">I request you all to kindly share the “</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">Right to Quality Education opportunities
for All” </b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> open letter with your colleagues and your MP requesting them to kindly raise this topic with the Government of the United Kingdom and support the </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">Right
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Details at </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-letter-requesting-uk-government-reform-higher-education-anand" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-letter-requesting-uk-government-reform-higher-education-anand</a></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">The more support that we can get from all MPs and all UK political parties for this, there is more chance to implement the right to quality education opportunities for all.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">Universities have a social responsibility.</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">There is an urgent need to provide full scholarships (with maintenance grant) for 30 percent of seats in each Russell Group university
</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">(the richest and prestigious universities in the UK) for students from economically poor families and first-generation students (first in family to go to university). I request
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">Let us all work together so that we can ensure the</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">right to quality education opportunities for the 4.2 million children currently living in poverty in the UK. This is important for the better
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</font><b style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Subject:</b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Re: Open Letter requesting
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Dear colleagues</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">I received an email from the Department for Education in response to my open letter. I thank the Department for Education for responding. They have provided some useful information on senior
management pay . They have not provided any information on current practices for senior management appointments or my request for scholarships for students from economically poor families and first-generation students (first in family to go to university).
So I will send reply to</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> get more information on these topics.</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_Apple-converted-space x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">I would like to get your ideas and inputs on this so that I can respond to this. Please share your inputs by May 10th, so I can reply.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Key information that is useful from the correspondence that I received is below for your information.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">“</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">Universities are autonomous and responsible for the pay of their staff.
As such, the Office for Students (OfS), the independent regulator of higher education in England, does not have legal powers to regulate the pay of senior staff in the higher education sector directly. However, they do have a duty to take into account the
value for money higher education providers offer for the public money they receive. The OfS publish analysis about senior staff pay at higher education providers. Providers are required to disclose information about senior staff pay data, decision making arrangements
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">Providers must:</i></span></p>
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<span style="font:9.0px Menlo"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">share specific information with the OfS.</i></span></li><li style="margin:0px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:normal; font-stretch:normal; font-size:11pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="font:9.0px Menlo"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">publish specific information in their audited financial statements.</i></span></li><li style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font:13.0px 'Helvetica Neue'"><span style="font:9.0px Menlo"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">take into account the code for senior
staff remuneration published by the Committee of University Chairs which can be found at:
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">The latest OfS report on senior staff renumeration in English higher education providers can be found here:
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To note, the analysis covers pay to the heads of higher education providers. It does not include further education or sixth form colleges.”</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">From the email, I understand that it is fully unto the Universities to decide the pay for the senior management staff so there is no Maximum Salary Limit possible. The Office for Students
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>From:</b> Suchith Anand <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 18 April 2023 08:43<br>
</font><b style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Subject:</b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Re: Open Letter requesting
the UK Government to reform the UK Higher Education system and implement the right to quality education opportunities for all</span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Dear colleagues,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Thank you to all who shared this open letter on</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_Apple-converted-space x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">“the right to quality education opportunities for all”</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_Apple-converted-space x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">with your colleagues and your MP requesting them to support the right to quality education opportunities for all.</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_Apple-converted-space x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">btw came across this article in The Guardian on the rise of cronyism and 'chumocracy' in UK Higher Education senior appointments!</span></p>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>From:</b> Suchith Anand <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 16 April 2023 19:14<br>
</font><b style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Subject:</b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Open Letter requesting
the UK Government to reform the UK Higher Education system and implement the right to quality education opportunities for all</span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear colleagues</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">I am very grateful to all colleagues for your support and for sharing ideas and information on how to provide more quality education opportunities for students from economically poor families
and first-generation students (first in family to go to university). Thank you to all colleagues who shared their observations and insights on the current state of affairs of the UK Higher Education. It is thanks to your ideas, inputs and support that I am
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">I request you to kindly share this open letter with your colleagues and your MP requesting them to kindly raise this topic with the Government of the United Kingdom and request the UK Government
to investigate the current state of affairs of the UK Higher Education sector with the aim to end corrupt practices and reform Higher Education in the United Kingdom.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">The UK Government should investigate current practices for senior management appointments in the UK universities as well as the senior University managers’ salaries and perks. I humbly request
the UK Government to introduce a Maximum Salary Limit for Vice Chancellors and for all the senior managers of universities in the United Kingdom.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="">Implement the Right to Quality Education opportunities for All</b></span><br>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">There were </span>
<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">4.2 million children</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> living in poverty in the UK in 2021-22.
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">That's 29 per cent of children</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> (This percentage might
be higher now due to cost of living crisis in the UK ). Details at </span><a href="https://cpag.org.uk/child-poverty/child-poverty-facts-and-figures" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);"><b>https://cpag.org.uk/child-poverty/child-poverty-facts-and-figures</b></span></a></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Extreme child poverty in the UK is a humanitarian and ethical crisis. In educational terms, poverty is a significant disadvantage. The link between poverty and poor educational outcomes and
wellbeing in the UK has remained stubbornly and depressingly high despite longstanding policy concern at national, local and jurisdictional levels of government. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">Child poverty, education and the postcode lottery</b></span></p>
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<a href="https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2020/08/19/child-poverty-education-and-the-postcode-lottery/" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b>https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2020/08/19/child-poverty-education-and-the-postcode-lottery/</b></span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">House of Commons Library Research Briefing on “Equality of access and outcomes in higher education in England” published 31st January 2023.
</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">This briefing paper looks at equality in undergraduate education in England. It summarises the latest data from the Department for Education (DfE), the Office for Students (OfS),
and UCAS on access and outcomes before looking at Government policy, the role of the OfS, and the actions and responsibilities of universities.More details at </span><a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9195/" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"; font-size:13px; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b>https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9195/</b></span></a></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Access to quality education opportunities is a human right. There needs to be focused policies at the UK Government level about equitable education</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_Apple-converted-space x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">
</span><span style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">with a binding on Universities and the Higher Education Institutes to comply.</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_Apple-converted-space x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-weight:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Universities have a social responsibility. There is an urgent need to provide full scholarships for 30 percent of seats in each Russell Group university (the richest and prestigious universities
in the UK) for students from economically poor families and first-generation students (first in family to go to university). I request the kind support of all MPs,</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_Apple-converted-space x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><b class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0">Let us all work together so that we can ensure the</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">
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the better future of our country and our future generations.</b></span></p>
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