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Social mobility in the workplace

A comprehensive guide to widening access for employers.

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Universities and Social Mobility

A look at the relationship between higher education and social mobility.

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Inequality in early years education

Unpacking the problems with the current early years system.

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Selective Comprehensives '24

Highlighting the issues with school admissions in England.

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The recent evolution of apprenticeships

Analysing the trends in apprenticeship take-up since 2015.

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Reforming student maintenance

An overview of the student maintenance system.

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Evaluating Access

17th December 2015

This report reviews national and international research on widening participation and access programmes to find out which methods are most likely to help disadvantaged...

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Background to Success

12th November 2015

This report investigates patterns of academic attainment for different subgroups of a longitudinal sample of more than 3,000 students.

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Levels of Success

8th October 2015

Levels of Success looks at the earning potential of apprenticeships versus degrees, finding that the very best apprenticeships result in greater lifetime earnings than...

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Unfair Deal

23rd September 2015

Unfair Deal examines the impact on students of the changes to student loan terms announced in the 2015 Summer Budget, finding that disadvantaged students...

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Home Advantage

16th September 2015

Home Advantage analyses the current housing situation for the young and employed in London and offers innovative solutions to the crisis.

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Private tuition polling 2015

4th September 2015

The annual Sutton Trust/Ipsos-Mori survey of 11-16 year olds on private tuition in 2015 showed that Londoners are twice as likely as other children...

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Private pay progression

5th August 2015

This report looks at the way social background continues to influence graduate pay and career progression once in professional employment.

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Independent Commission on Fees 2015

29th July 2015

This is the final report of the Independent Commission on Fees, which was created in 2011 to analyse the effect of increased tuition fees...

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Chain Effects 2015

23rd July 2015

This is the second in a series of reports that analyses academies' effectiveness at helping the most disadvantaged pupils, focusing particularly on sponsored academy...

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COSMO Study

Major new cohort study examining the long-term impact of the pandemic on educational inequality and social mobility.

 

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