…there is indeed a strong case for incentivising apprenticeship provision for young people. It is unfortunate that they have not been the major beneficiary of the policy drive to increase…
College costs and lost opportunities
…It urgently needs review to include the case for mean-tested fees. We know that the access gap at top universities is stubborn and wide, with those from disadvantaged backgrounds being…
Conor Ryan: Our disadvantaged high-attainers are the forgotten class
…they support those with poorer test scores aged 11 remains an open question. There is a good case for addressing their needs more directly. Read the full piece here (£)…
Sir Peter Lampl: Times letter on student debt
…school. As a matter of urgency, the next government should review the case for means-testing the costs associated with going to university. Read the letter published in the Times here….
UK state pupils rush to Ivy League
…at America’s top universities, in some cases after being turned down by Oxford and Cambridge. Last year, more than 11,600 British students were enrolled at US universities, a record number,…
Insights from the Anglosphere
…the United States. And this is the case even though Britain and the US spend a greater proportion of their Gross Domestic Product on schooling. But also gaps at school…