…’Election pledges must have social mobility at their heart’ https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/election-pledges-for-a-divided-britain-must-have-social-mobility-at-their-heart Our top 10 recommendations pink 1 The Government should review its 30 hours of free childcare policy to ensure that…
International inequalities
…least advantaged five year olds biggest in the US, but UK still lags behind Canada and Australia https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/reading-gap-between-most-and-least-advantaged-five-year-olds-biggest-in-the-us-but-uk-still-lags-behind-canada-and-australia/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 Educational inequalities are large in the UK,…
Internship or Indenture?
…a third of graduate interns are unpaid, each spending £926 a month to work for free https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/nearly-a-third-of-graduate-interns-are-unpaid-each-spending-926-a-month-to-work-for-free/ Fairness for interns https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/fairness-for-interns/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 31% of university graduates…
Pathways – Information for Teachers
…a Pathways Programme, each student must complete and submit the application form and nominate a teacher to verify their application. Upon submitting the application, a request will be emailed to…
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility
…work and priorities of the Social Mobility Commission. The session explored the SMC’s thematic priorities of nurturing talent; developing and distributing talent; and growing opportunities, and offered a preview of…
Sutton Trust analysis reveals historic sea change in the education background of the party of government
…comprehensive schools. In comparison, only 54% of the MPs elected at the 2019 general election went to a comprehensive school, and 52% in 2017. Most strikingly, there has been a…