…repeated studies: that from politics to the media (yes, this newspaper included) to high court judges to film and theatre, the privately educated – 7% of the population – reign…
Privately educated ‘still dominate professions’
BBC News covered our report on Leading People 2016 Leading British actors are more than twice as likely as stars in the music industry to have attended fee-paying schools, the…
Dr Steven Jones talks to John Humphrys on Today
Dr Steven Jones, author of Making a Statement, spoke to John Humphrys on Radio 4’s Today programme about his research just before the 7am news. Listen here at 52’45”….
Catherine Bennett: Oh, this worship of showing-off. Let’s hear it for the shy
…to his role as the country’s premier show-off. Albeit he is now competing principally against himself. Photographs of Johnson belly down in the dirt, purporting to “strengthen economic ties between…
‘Highly extroverted’ adults more likely to earn over £40,000 a year
Paul Gallagher reported for The Independent and The i newspaper on A Winning Personality Schools should teach self-confidence, according to the authors of new research showing that extroverts tend to…
British university fees more expensive than US on average
…Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust. Read his full report here (£) The Sutton Trust response was also covered by BBC News, The Guardian and Telegraph. …