A report last week by the government’s social mobility adviser, former Labour minister Alan Milburn, called on universities to do more to increase the number of students from poorer backgrounds.
It suggested that although spending on outreach activities across the university sector will rise to £613m by 2015/16, the money is not currently spent in a way that delivers as much “social impact” as possible.
Susanne Rauprich, chief executive of the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services, told CYP Now that youth work should be considered as a potential way of engaging students from poorer backgrounds.
She said: “Given our total commitment and involvement in realising the hopes and aspirations of all young people, we believe that the voluntary and community youth sector are uniquely placed to help raise social mobility in this way.
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