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Map of percentage of people going to university according to postcode.

http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/wp/ourresearch/polar/mapofyoungparticipationareas/

I just thought this was interesting and didn't know where else to put it.

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Reply 1
Mine is in red... Will be taking full advantage of the universities that use contextual data :biggrin:
Original post by StephenNaulls
Mine is in red... Will be taking full advantage of the universities that use contextual data :biggrin:

I'm guessing universities will use it for that purpose. Hope so, anyway.
Reply 3
Four sounds about right. I know very few people who went into full-time work instead of university.
Reply 4
Original post by carnationlilyrose
I'm guessing universities will use it for that purpose. Hope so, anyway.


Manchester use it a lot, apparently.
Original post by StephenNaulls
Manchester use it a lot, apparently.

I know they use postcodes, but I didn't know that they used them in map form rather than a list.
Reply 6
It would be interesting to compare this map to one of wealth/income.
Quintile 3 :smile:

Edit: Negged for living in a quintile 3 area? Da ***?
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Reply 9
Original post by pjm600
It would be interesting to compare this map to one of wealth/income.


My area is red and it's fairly economically deprived; there's definitely a correlation if that's what you're hinting at!
Quintile 3 29.3%... sounds about right.
(edited 10 years ago)
Original post by carnationlilyrose
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/wp/ourresearch/polar/mapofyoungparticipationareas/

I just thought this was interesting and didn't know where else to put it.


I'll find you a map of economic deprivation and we can play spot the difference :wink:

Original post by StephenNaulls
Manchester use it a lot, apparently.


Indeed they do, though this is not the only Russell Group university to take notice of contextual data, or to have a significant focus on widening participation. There's some more info on how they use the data here (and I'd hazard a guess that other universities are using similar data sets / criteria) http://www.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/howtoapply/afteryouapply/assessment/contextual-data/
Reply 12
Original post by Origami Bullets
I'll find you a map of economic deprivation and we can play spot the difference :wink:



Indeed they do, though this is not the only Russell Group university to take notice of contextual data, or to have a significant focus on widening participation. There's some more info on how they use the data here (and I'd hazard a guess that other universities are using similar data sets / criteria) http://www.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/howtoapply/afteryouapply/assessment/contextual-data/


Do you know of the others that do? Do they do it for medicine?.. :colondollar:
Reply 13
so i am in the red....yippeee i guess .. or not : L
Original post by StephenNaulls
Do you know of the others that do? Do they do it for medicine?.. :colondollar:

Many, if not all of them do.
My street is just into a dark blue area, 5. It's literally a street away from a yellow bit!
Reply 16
I live on the border of a Quintile 1 and 2 area which is what I thought it would be around.
Hardly anybody I know goes to uni!
Reply 17
Quintile 1.
Hurrah...
Reply 18
Interesting , have seen something like this before, i think on a council website . Listed the areas with data about income etc , the lower income areas in my area match the quintile 1 , My town is surrounded by villages and they are all in band 5. Shame, your future looks so bleak if you live in certain areas , less than 12% . These areas have the highest crime , anti social crime , drugs etc even the fire and ambulance service had to have a police escort , not much hope for those who grow up there ,
Reply 19
The division between east and west London is quite stark.

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