Even the DfE’s own assessment has found restricting access to loans would shut out ethnic minority students
When we look into the fish bowl of politics, it’s hard for us on the outside to see where policy comes from. I read articles that describe new proposals coming from the Department for Education, but have no real idea what this means. We are told what “the DfE said …” and “the government’s intention”. I might guess this involves you. But there is something foggy and mystifying in the way education policies emerge anonymously and come blinking into the light of day.
I was trying to decipher all this in relation to the idea to introduce minimum GCSE grade requirements to qualify for a student loan to study at university. One proposal is for a minimum grade in English and maths.
