This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This material reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This material reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein
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Dropping Out: A Study of Early Leavers from Higher Education - 2003
Rhys Davies and Peter Elias
Department for Education and Skills
United Kingdom 2003
Research Report No.386
English
English
Slightly dated but comprehensive report aimed at trying to find out why so many students drop out of higher education and how the drop out rate could be reduced.
The main influencers identified then were:
A mistaken choice of course (24% of respondents)
Financial problems (18% of respondents)
Personal problems (14% of respondents)
The main factors which would have encouraged them to stay on were:
More financial support (18.7% of respondents)
Encouragement from tutors (12.2% of respondents)
Ability to change course (9.4% of respondents)
More advice prior to entry (8.8% of respondents)
Interesting report but I found the content disappointing in that lessons do not appear to have been learned since 2003.
Many of the reasons and beneficial actions identified then were again identified as reasons and actions which would have helped, during our interviews conducted in 2008, for this project.
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Roger Murfin
Wilsthorpe Business & Enterprise College
Business Manager
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15 November 2012
Stay@School at the Future of Education Conference
The Stay@School projet will be presented at the third edition of the “Future of Education” international conference, held in Florence, Italy, on 13 - 14 June 2013. Over 250 participants from all over the world will attend the conference. The conference participants belong to the sectors of higher education, school education, vocational education and training as well as adult education, therefore representing all of the target groups of the Stay@School project.
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