In The Media
University offers: Social background ignored - BBC
19 June 2013
Many UK universities do not consider candidates' backgrounds when offering places, research suggests, writes Judith Burns for the BBC.
All schools should have same freedoms as academies, say Labour - Guardian
17 June 2013
Party plans to tackle inequality by taking policies applied to academies and extending them through state sector, writes Richard Adams in the Guardian.
Universities failing on equality of access, research suggests - Guardian
16 June 2013
Report indicates proportion of state-educated pupils attending Russell Group universities has declined since 2002, writes Patrick Wintour and Richard Adams in the Guardian.
Comprehensive school pupils do better at university, two new studies confirm - Observer
15 June 2013
Students from state schools outperform private ones admitted with same A-level grades, according to Cardiff and Oxford Brookes research, writes Julie Henry in the Observer.
Government must provide funding to help students, charity warns - ITV
13 June 2013
The government must provide funding to enable the brightest students to fulfill their potential, according to a leading education charity.
Ofsted chief: state schools' failure of brightest 'an issue of national concern' - Guardian
13 June 2013
Sir Michael Wilshaw launches new report card to show parents how their children are performing compared with their peers nationally, writes Richard Adams in the Guardian.
Call for top schools to select new pupils by lottery - Evening Standard
3 June 2013
Two top London comprehensive schools were today named as among the best in the country despite taking large numbers of poor pupils writes Anna Davis in the Evening Standard.
Leading state schools ‘use social selection’ - The Times (£)
3 June 2013
An education charity has accused England’s top comprehensives of admitting disproportionate numbers of better-off children writes Greg Hurst for The Times.
State-funded schools becoming more socially exclusive, study shows - Guardian
3 June 2013
Sutton Trust calls for admissions shakeup among academies and comprehensives to ensure a more balanced intake writes Richard Adams for the Guardian.
Top comprehensives 'selecting pupils by the back door' - Telegraph
3 June 2013
Leading secondary schools should select pupils using controversial “lotteries” to stop places being monopolised by children from middle-class families, ministers have been told writes Graeme Paton in the Telegraph.
