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Apologies for cross posting. > The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service is inviting you to attend > a seminar at:- > CVCP on 25 October > > The Government, through its policy of Widening Participation, aims to > redress the inequalities of current access to and participation in higher > and further education by ensuring that all who are able may have the > opportunity to study at tertiary level. Baroness Blackstone will be > speaking about this issue. > > The opportunity will also be given to delegates, (Principals, Senior > Managers and Planning Officers from HE and FE institutions) to try out > UCAS' new easy to use computerised tripartite service. This service > enables institutions to adapt to the rapidly changing environment, through > identifying who is under-represented, what subjects they are likely to > study and where they live. > > The Institutional Planning Service was launched in January 1998 and > supports institutions' planning and marketing activities. UCAS provides > customised datasets alongside other data that incorporates competitor > analysis. > > The Forecasting Service will allow institutions to manipulate UCAS > historical data to predict future trends in applications. This service > will play a key role in facilitating informed planning and admissions > decisions in current and future admissions cycles. > > The Applications Postcode Tracking Service employs the lifestyle > classification MOSAIC which uses postcodes to highlight where applicants > live and presents profiles of their neighbourhoods. This enables > institutions to monitor their student intake and ensure that they are > attracting members from social groupings which have been variously > under-represented in higher education in the past. > > For further details please contact Miss M Mussett on 01242 544896 or > e-mail [log in to unmask] > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%