Access to education is a basic human right. One obligation of this entitlement is to develop equitable access to higher education. However, increasing widening participation within higher education does present something of a challenge.
Unfortunately solutions to this challenge, while full of good intentions, remain difficult to implement and measure. Academia is rightly concentrated on grades, as these are one of the only metrics that universities can use to determine the success of prospective students.
Of course, there is also the matter that the more students with higher grades that a university attracts, the higher it will move up the league tables, thereby attracting more students. It’s a bit of a catch-22.
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