| At first glance, higher education today
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| | Hefce chief executive Professor David
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| might seem like a woman's world.
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| | Eastwood said: "We need to understand
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| Government officials have warned that men
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| | better why this is happening and start
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| will face a struggle for good jobs in
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| | taking some action sooner rather than
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| future as teenage boys shun university.
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| | later."
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| In 2006, 22,500 more young women than men
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| | Higher Education Minister Bill Rammell
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| went on to higher education. Ministers
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| | said "The government has introduced a
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| are increasingly concerned at the
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| | number of strategies to address the gap
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| widening gender gap in higher education.
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| | in gender achievement and to raise the
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| Employers increasingly look to hire staff
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| | performance of all pupil".
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| with degrees.
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| | The Raising Boys' Achievement Project
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| Consequently, men might find themselves
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| | which looked at exciting and innovative
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| marginalised in the jobs market.
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| | ways of raising achievement across a
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| Girls have been outperforming boys at
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| | range of primary, secondary, and special
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| GCSE, A-level and in university for
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| | schools to identify and evaluate
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| years. But now girls are doing better at
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| | strategies which are particularly helping
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| work too, earning more than boys in the
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| | motivating boys.
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| first eight years of their careers.
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| | Schools will be better able to address
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| In 2005, 80% of girls passed national
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| | underachievement in the performance of
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| curriculum tests in English, compared
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| | boys and girls if they know when and
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| with 67% of boys.
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| | where they emerge. A careful analysis of
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| At A level, girls passed 23.9% of exams
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| | data, mapping the development of male and
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| at grade A, compared with 21.5% of boys.
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| | female pupils, particularly the
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| According to Higher Education Funding
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| | value-added data, including a breakdown
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| Council for England Figures last year
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| | of data by key pupil sub-groups, will
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| showed 47% of 17-30 year-old women had
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| | enable schools to plan when andhow to
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| gone into higher education in 2004,
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| | intervene. Schools should monitor pupils'
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| compared to 37% of young men.
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| | progress regularly by gender.
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