…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
…and Lindsay Turner Trammell, Heads of Policy and Innovation at the Social Mobility Commission did a short presentation recapping their recent State of the Nation report. This was followed by…
Social Mobility Commission response
The Social Mobility Commission’s ‘State of the Nation’ report highlights the “hotspots” and “cold spots” for social mobility found in all regions. Commenting on the findings, Sir Peter Lampl, Founder…
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…