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Georgia Hyde-Dryden; Emma Andersen; Bethan Peach; Nikki Luke; Bonnie Butler; Alice McDowell; Alun Rees; Andrew Brown; Judy Sebba; Leon Feinstein – UK Department for Education, 2024
From October 2021, the government introduced a pilot in 30 local authorities to support 16 to 18-year-old children looked-after (CLA) and care leavers (CLs) in general further education (FE) colleges through the extension of Pupil Premium Plus funding to post-16 (PP+ Post-16). The 6-month pilot was completed between autumn 2021 and spring 20221 ,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Longitudinal Studies, Postsecondary Education
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Rickwood, Pat – Open Learning, 1994
Open University (United Kingdom) surveyed 33 undergraduate students to determine factors which led to transfers from the Open University to other campus universities. Reasons for transfer included to speed up qualification, course availability, grants, personal reasons, costs, and university prestige. Problems and benefits of transferring to…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Transfer Students, Foreign Countries, Open Universities
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Conlon, Michael – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2006
This article examines the most recent data on the cost and financing of a post-secondary education. It also examines the burgeoning debate in Canada about the relationship between tuition fees and access to post-secondary education. In recent years longitudinal data collection has improved and there is now a relatively wide body of research…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Low Income Groups, Debt (Financial), Foreign Countries