New insights on student diversity, access and social inclusion
In its ninth annual publication, U-Multirank showcases how universities deal with issues of social inequality in access to higher education and with enrolment of underrepresented groups of students. There are major achievements as well as major differences in...
Webinar on building digital competence – The UNESCO-UNEVOC Digital Competency Online Initiative
9 June 2022, 10 am – 11:30 am CEST This webinar will launch a new initiative by UNESCO-UNEVOC to bring together digital skills and competence frameworks in a new online portal. Across the world over recent years, governments, international organizations and the...
University of Edinburgh leads the way in joining WAHEN
The University of Edinburgh has become the very first member of WAHEN, the new global network for equity and success in higher education. Speaking directly from the launch of WAHEN at the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference in Barcelona Professor Graeme Atherton...
World Access to Higher Education Network launches
Despite every country in the world, where there is data (over 90%), having unequal access to higher education, no global organisation to address this issue exists. The launch today of the World Access to Higher Education Network (WAHEN), at the UNESCO World Higher...
Scotland: Record number of students from deprived areas at university
The number of Scottish students from deprived areas progressing to Scottish universities is at an all-time high. The latest statistics show 16.7% of Scottish domiciled full-time first degree students at Scottish universities are from the 20% most deprived areas in the...
The future of WAHED
World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) is now moving into its fifth year and has continued to grow both its numbers of supporters, and the number of events held, year on year. We are going to be making a very important announcement on the 19th of May about the...
Equity in access and success in higher education at crossroads – new report shows
A new collection of articles from 17 leading figures in the field of higher education equity from across the world argues that we are at a critical moment where access to higher education for those from minority and disadvantaged majority groups is concerned. The...