…keys we have been looking for to narrow the UK’s stark attainment gap between poorer pupils and their more privileged peers? I immersed myself in the research literature on feedback….
The Access Gap
…he says. The research compares entry rates at Russell Group universities in England, ‘Group of Eight’ universities in Australia and highly selective universities in the US. At the most selective…
Parliament and Policy: July 2014
…immediately when they come to school because they do not have the back-up from home and the community.” —- Graham Stuart MP (Con, Beverley and Holderness), Chairman of the Education…
Parliament and Policy: June 2014
…MP Alex Cunningham and Conservative children’s minister Liz Truss on child care. Click here to view the discussion. 18 June – The Education Select Committee report The Education Select Committee…
Parliament and Policy: January 2014
See below for January’s mentions of the Sutton Trust and EEF in Parliament. 29 January 2014 – Education Select Committee Conor Ryan, Director of Research and Communications at the Sutton…
Over half the country’s top journalists went to private schools
…Higher Education Supplement, who led the research, said: “What the research does not suggest is that editors routinely favour those from privileged educational backgrounds. But it does point to a…