The link between child poverty and higher education.
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Devolution warning:
You have selected areas that have different education systems. Please be careful! Higher education and university admissions are measured differently in different places.
In England UCAS measures admission to both universities and at least some higher education courses in colleges. In Scotland UCAS only measures admissions to universities. In Scotland a higher percentage of higher education is provided in colleges than in England. It's even more complicated than that. Details change and data is poor.
This tweet is a good introduction to the complexity of comparing data across different nations. But it is only an introduction and things are even more complicated than that. You'll need to learn about Polar 3 quintiles, the difference between each nation's indices of multiple deprivation, and the difference between FE, FE in HE, Universities that start at 17 and Universities that start at 18. If someone tells you it's easy they're probably making a mistake.
The basic principle is simple. If you want make Scotland look amazing, compare higher education participation rates. If you want to make Scotland look bad, compare university admission rates. If you want the truth, you need to look further than this blog and probably further than any currently-published research. The "Access in Scotland" report is a good start but even that it is not the whole story.
Child poverty vs 2015 university access rate by constituency
| Constituency | Child Poverty Rate (2013) | 2015 University Access Rate |
|---|---|---|
| London | 0% | 0% |
| Yorkshire & H | 10% | 10% |
| 20% | 20% | |
| 30% | 30% | |
| 40% | 40% | |
| 50% | 50% | |
| 60% | 60% | |
| 70% | 70% | |
| 80% | 80% |
Highlight individual constituencies in Yorkshire & H
- Barnsley Central
- Barnsley East
- Batley and Spen
- Beverley and Holderness
- Bradford East
- Bradford South
- Bradford West
- Brigg and Goole
- Calder Valley
- Cleethorpes
- Colne Valley
- Dewsbury
- Don Valley
- Doncaster Central
- Doncaster North
- East Yorkshire
- Elmet and Rothwell
- Great Grimsby
- Halifax
- Haltemprice and Howden
- Harrogate and Knaresborough
- Hemsworth
- Huddersfield
- Keighley
- Kingston upon Hull East
- Kingston upon Hull North
- Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
- Leeds Central
- Leeds East
- Leeds North East
- Leeds North West
- Leeds West
- Morley and Outwood
- Normanton Pontefract and Castleford
- Penistone and Stocksbridge
- Pudsey
- Richmond (Yorks)
- Rother Valley
- Rotherham
- Scarborough and Whitby
- Scunthorpe
- Selby and Ainsty
- Sheffield Central
- Sheffield South East
- Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Sheffield Hallam
- Sheffield Heeley
- Shipley
- Skipton and Ripon
- Thirsk and Malton
- Wakefield
- Wentworth and Dearne
- York Central
- York Outer
Highlight individual constituencies in London
- Barking
- Battersea
- Beckenham
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark
- Bethnal Green and Bow
- Bexleyheath and Crayford
- Brent Central
- Brent North
- Brentford and Isleworth
- Bromley and Chislehurst
- Camberwell and Peckham
- Carshalton and Wallington
- Chelsea and Fulham
- Chingford and Woodford Green
- Chipping Barnet
- Cities of London and Westminster
- Croydon Central
- Croydon North
- Croydon South
- Dagenham and Rainham
- Dulwich and West Norwood
- Ealing Central and Acton
- Ealing North
- Ealing Southall
- East Ham
- Edmonton
- Eltham
- Enfield North
- Enfield Southgate
- Erith and Thamesmead
- Feltham and Heston
- Finchley and Golders Green
- Greenwich and Woolwich
- Hackney North and Stoke Newington
- Hackney South and Shoreditch
- Hammersmith
- Hampstead and Kilburn
- Harrow East
- Harrow West
- Hayes and Harlington
- Hendon
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Hornchurch and Upminster
- Hornsey and Wood Green
- Ilford North
- Ilford South
- Islington North
- Islington South and Finsbury
- Kensington
- Kingston and Surbiton
- Lewisham East
- Lewisham West and Penge
- Lewisham Deptford
- Leyton and Wanstead
- Mitcham and Morden
- Old Bexley and Sidcup
- Orpington
- Poplar and Limehouse
- Putney
- Richmond Park
- Romford
- Ruislip Northwood and Pinner
- Streatham
- Sutton and Cheam
- Tooting
- Tottenham
- Twickenham
- Uxbridge and South Ruislip
- Vauxhall
- Walthamstow
- West Ham
- Westminster North
- Wimbledon
Sources:
- University access rate (2015): Figure 20 from UCAS 2015 Application Cycle: End of Cycle Report
- Child poverty by constituency (2013): Percent of children in low income families after housing costs, End Child Poverty, 2013. (data in a single table)
- Higher education participation rate (approx. 5 years to 2012): Trends in young participation, Hefce, 2015