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The article focuses on Great Britain Government's white paper entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, regarding access to higher education and higher education participation. It informs that the Government's aim is to go ahead with proposals to make it easier for "challenger institutions" to award their own degrees and it plans to give students more information about teaching standards and job prospects.

The article reports on Great Britain Government's white paper, Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, on access to higher education and higher education participation. It informs that the Government's aim is to go ahead with proposals to make it easier for "challenger institutions" to award their own degrees and it plans to give students more information about teaching standards and job prospects.

The author comments on the British Government's response to the Augar review of post-16 education in a series of White Papers. Topics discussed include consultation launched by the Government on plans to drive up quality of university courses and ensure degrees equip students with the skills they need, changes in student loan repayment, and report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Kickstart Scheme for young unemployed people.