Widening Access to Postgraduate Study and the Professions

Six UK universities are co-operating to propose solutions for achieving fair access to postgraduate study and the professions. We are addressing concerns about the future of postgraduate study: the absence of postgraduate finance, declining registrations from UK/EU domiciled students and employers’ concerns around fair access to the professions. Our project addresses student finance, using data to understand student demand, provision of advice, academic innovation and together we seek a better understanding of demand and barriers to entry. The project looks at the interactions between our research data, student demand, barriers reported and how this should influence the academic offer.