1. Size, Shape and Widening Participation Gareth Parry University of Sheffield

2. Three comparative dimensions 1. growth trajectories 2. changing shapes 3. policy priorities for widening participation for HE in FE (with cautions and caveats)

7. Who Took the Peak Expansion? 23%146.6119.2FECs 63%634.9389.4Polys and colleges 37%409.3299.0Universities % change19931989England 43%47.333.1FECs 40% 64.546.1Central institutions 30% 68.052.4Universities % change 19931989Scotland -31%1.11.6FECs 72% 36.121.0Poly and colleges 48% 36.424.6University of Wales % change 19931989Wales

11. Changing Shape 1980-2005: England

12. Changing Shape 1980-2005: Scotland

13. Changing Shape 1980-2005: Wales

14. Policy push: widening access and participation Common components: stimulating and shaping demand funding for access and retention delivering in college and work settings securing articulation and progression

15. Higher education: college contributions Four functions: qualifying (for initial entry) providing (in their own name or on behalf of another) transfer (beyond the short-cycle) returning

16. England: dynamic differentiation without formal stratification? changing and steering demand a new exit and transfer qualification overlapping missions and sector regimes plural funding and assorted provision competition and collaboration proposed awarding powers

17. Scotland: tertiary collaboration with a division of labour? (near) separate missions (revised) established qualifications direct funding critical mass progression as transfer joint strategies

18. Wales: cross-sector partnership on a single model? highest priority indirect funding old and new qualifications small to medium pockets

19. Universal Access and Dual Regimes of Further and Higher Education (The FurtherHigher Project) www.sheffield.ac.uk/furtherhigher Rejoinders