Grants key to dropout rate, v-cs warn

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Vice-chancellors have welcomed figures which reveal that university dropout rates in the United Kingdom have fallen to 15% vs 16% previously, but they have warned that the improvement is unlikely to continue if the government presses ahead with its plans to introduce top-up fees of up to UKPd3,000/yr without bigger maintenance grants. While the dropout rate as a whole has fallen, 12 institutions that have generally excelled at attracting students from underrepresented groups have dropout rates in excess of 25%. The university with the highest dropout rate in the University of North London, with a 39% dropout rate, followed by London Guildhall University with 35% and London South Bank University with 34%.

Commodity & service prices, Prices and rates, Company pricing policy

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Dropout rates are down while access drive has little impact

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The latest performance indicators have revealed that universities in the UK are making only slow progress in their efforts to reduce dropout rates and that their attempts to recruit a greater number of poor students are also sluggish. The figures reveal that the proportion of students expected to dropout of university is expected to fall to 15% this year, vs 16% previously, while the number of students from lower socioeconomic groups moving into higher education is expected to remain static at around 26%.

Economic aspects, Social status

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Minister expects progress

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UK education secretary Estelle Morris is pushing for universities to decrease their dropout rates, as 1998-99 performance figures show that about one in five students leaves school. Some colleges also under-recruit students from poor areas, and a shift needs to be made toward social inclusion.

Statistical Data Included, Social policy, Recruiting, Morris, Estelle

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