…addition to being more able to forgo paid work in order to commit the time to an unpaid internship (the proverb ‘time is money’ rings true in this case). Consequently,…
‘Bridging the Gap’ – what can we learn about social mobility from engineering?
…As this year’s submissions are invited for the Social Mobility Index we’ve been reflecting on the noticeable lack of submissions from engineering firms to the last round, which was published…
Academy Advancement?
…delivering excellent outcomes for their pupils, substantially outstripping the averages above, there continue to be many chains who perform very poorly. When ranked on a composite index combining multiple performance…
Five years’ time?
…of the top 100 news journalists and over two-thirds of British Oscar winners. Of all High Court and Appeals Court judges, nearly three-quarters attended private schools. The business case for…
Will Hutton: Growing student debt is entrenching unfairness for a whole generation
…debts that by 2020 will be approaching £50,000 as universities index fees to inflation, bringing them near to £10,000, is far too optimistic. Today’s 16- to 18-year-olds are beginning to…
Nature and nurture
…we do at school among much else in our lives (particularly worrying for me is the strong biological link in our body mass index – an association that gets stronger…