Our Research, Communications and Policy intern Alice Gent looks at how the pandemic has impacted post-16 education. The news has been dominated by talk of education recovery recently. And –…
Student mental health during the pandemic
As part of University Mental Health Day 2021, our Research and Policy Officer Erica Holt-White discusses how many students have had their mental health impacted by the Covid-19 crisis. As…
2020, Covid-19 and the prospects for social mobility
…have been far reaching. Our sister charity, the EEF, has forecasted how school closures are likely to widen further the attainment gaps between rich and poor. And our own research…
Increasing access: the launch of the NTP
Our Research,Communications and Policy intern, Alice Gent, explores the new National Tutoring Programme as it launches in schools today. Young people have faced a year like no other. By the…
Fair pay, fair chance: supporting the ban on unpaid internships
…Trust research has found that 70% of internships offered are unpaid and 27% of young graduates have completed an unpaid placement. New figures show: In London, the living cost of…
As young people face a difficult job market, tackling unpaid internships will be more important than ever
…opportunity for companies to spread their net more widely and attract talent that may otherwise have been ruled out, and the Trust has strongly urged companies to move placements online…