…word in the Department for Education is currently ‘place’, with the Secretary of State focusing on place based initiatives like Opportunity Areas and Research School networks as a mechanism for…
The case for fairer fees
…the fee system has been building for some time. Since the £9000 fees were introduced, Sutton Trust research has found that English students have by far the highest levels of…
Study sheds light on power of old boy network
Who’s Who study sheds new light on power of old boy network Haroon Siddique quotes Conor Ryan, Director of Research and Communications, following LSE’s Who’s Who report released today. ***…
Call to ban unpaid internships
…and chairman, Sir Peter Lampl, commented: “Unpaid internships are a major obstacle to social mobility. Our research has shown that it costs an intern with no roots in the capital…
Give poor pupils a two grade break
…the most selective universities in the UK. The research, by a team led by Professor Vikki Boliver of Durham University and Dr Claire Crawford of Warwick University, found little difference…
Evidence of intent
…change. By contrast Labour and the Liberal Democrats want to extend free meals throughout primary school, though this feels like a costly commitment when school budgets face so many other…