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Les Ebdon had been put forward by ministers as their preference for director of the Office for Fair Access.
BBC: Vince Cable in stand off with MPs over Offa boss
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Professor Les Ebdon, the new head of the Office for Fair Access (Offa), has urged universities to set themselves "challenging" admissions targets.
BBC: UK Politics
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And the conference also heard about measures to maintain access to the UK's universities, from Les Ebdon, director of the Office for Fair Access.
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He accused Prof Les Ebdon, director of the Office for Fair Access (Offa) and Alan Milburn, the government's social mobility tsar, of "standing firmly in favour of manipulation".
BBC: Don't handicap private pupils, says leading headmaster
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Prof Les Ebdon, director of the Office for Fair Access to Higher Education (Offa), said the body's new guidance to universities would emphasise the importance of "sustained, targeted outreach".
BBC: Poorer pupils 'lack confidence' for top universities
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However Professor Les Ebdon, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire, told MPs there would be "significant consequential impacts on widening participation and opportunities for young people from poorer homes".
BBC: Business, Innovation and Skills Committee