In this report CentreForum sets out five radical ways of getting information on universities into the hands of young people and parents.

The five point plan is intended to boost the government's drive to unlock information about different courses and institutions. From September 2012 the Higher Education Funding Council for England will require all universities and colleges to place standard sets of data, Key Information Sets (KIS), on their websites to help applicants "find quickly and compare easily, the headline items which students consider most important".

CentreForum welcomes this direction of travel but is concerned that the people most likely to look at the KIS will already be the best informed.

The report urges the government to do more to ensure that information reaches those from non traditional backgrounds, who are generally less aware of the costs, experience and long term benefits of going to university..

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Coverage in Times Higher and the Guardian