Impact assessment

Higher education reform: equality impact assessment and analysis

Analysis of the impacts, including on particular protected groups, of the HE reforms set out in the policy statement and reform government consultation response.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

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Higher education policy statement and reform: government consultation response: impact assessments and analysis

This considers the expected costs and benefits on students, higher education providers and the Exchequer of introducing recruitment limits and reducing the maximum fee and loan limits to £5,760 for foundation years in classroom-based subjects.

Higher education policy statement and reform: government consultation response: equality analysis

This considers the impact of these higher education reforms on groups with relevant protected characteristics. We will continue to review the equality impacts of these reforms as they develop.

For more detail on the scope of the higher education reforms, read Higher education policy statement and reform: consultation response.

Higher education policy statement and reform consultation: equality analysis

This is an earlier assessment of the effect that changes made to higher education may have on groups with particular protected characteristics.

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Published 24 February 2022
Last updated 17 July 2023 + show all updates
  1. 'Higher education policy statement and reform: government consultation response: impact assessments and analysis' and 'Higher education policy statement and reform: government consultation response: equality analysis' have been added.

  2. Clarifications added to table headers in Tables 42 and 43 of 'Higher education policy statement and reform consultation equality analysis'.

  3. First published.

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