FACE was pleased to host Professor Chris Millward, Director for Fair Access and Participation at Office for Students, for his first external speaking opportunity since taking up the role. In an open and wide-ranging discussion with access and participation leaders, Chris set out his immediate priorities for the year ahead and reflected on the pressures […]
The FACE Summit at the University of Warwick brought together leaders, practitioners, researchers and students from across the access and participation community for a focused day of discussion, challenge and collective ambition. Building directly on the work initiated at the Conference in Bath in June 2025, the summit marked a deliberate shift from reflection to
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(July 2025) View the call for evidence. The Office for Students were seeking views on how best to create new regional access partnerships that bring together all higher education providers in a region with access and participation plans, to assess the local risks to equality of opportunity and coordinate efforts to address them. FACE provided two
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In June 2025, the Forum for Access and Continuing Education (FACE) brought the access and participation community together at the University of Bath for its annual conference. The event marked a significant moment for the sector, combining reflection on what has been learned over recent years with a clear focus on what needs to happen