Majority of young women in university

Two reports appear in BBC Education web page, one on 31 March 2010 and the other one on 6 January 2010. Both are inter-related.

This is the first report.
The numbers of women at university have surged this decade

A watershed in university participation has been reached - for the first time a majority of young women in England are going to university.

Provisional figures, showing university entrance for 2008-09, show that 51% of young women entered higher education - up from 49% the previous year.

The overall figures also show an all-time high of 45% going to university, including 40% of young men.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8596504.stm
Wednesday, 31 March 2010 11:48 UK

This is the 2nd report appearing in BBC on 6 January 2010.
4% of children had not said their first word by three.

Nearly one in six children - and almost one quarter of boys - have difficulty learning to talk, research suggests.

Ms Gross said the proportion of children with problems is "high" and that getting help early was essential.

"Our ability to communicate is fundamental and underpins everything else. Learning to talk is one of the most important skills a child can master in the 21st Century," she said.

"The proportion of children who have difficulty learning to talk and understand speech is high, particularly among boys.

Six out of 10 people questioned for the survey said the ability to talk, listen and understand was the most important skill for children to develop in the early years.

This priority came ahead of the ability to interact with others (26%), reading skills (11%), numeracy skills (2%) and writing skills (1%).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8436236.stm
4 January 2010

Back in 2005, a research on 362 severe cases of language impairment conducted by the HKU revealed the following,
(1) children from families with foreign domestic helpers have 70% higher risks of language impairment;
(2) children from parents speaking more than one language have 200% higher risks in developing language impairment.
(Oriental Daily 4 Aug 2005)

Le Beaumont Language Centre interpretes the above figures as follows,
Children from high income families (can afford a foreign domestic helper) and from highly educated families (parents able to speak more than one language) are at higher risks of developing language impairment.

Why? Because mothers with high education usually developed a successful career which adds significantly to the family income. But while the mom is away, the baby is brought up under acute deprivation of language stimulation during the critical period from birth to 2 1/2 years.

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