…with the work culture was preventing their success at interview. The survey quantifies the potential ‘brown shoes’ effect highlighted by the Social Mobility Commission last year. They found that young…
City dress code ties graduates in knots
The Financial Times’ Jim Pickard cites our Pathways to Banking research. Brown shoes, loud ties and ill-fitting suits have all scuppered the chances of graduates hoping to become investment bankers,…
UK state school pupils for US Ivy League
…in America is well within their grasp”. J Jeffry Louis, chairman of the US-UK Fulbright Commission, which supports the scheme, said: “This remarkable achievement demonstrates that American universities value the…
UK state school students to enrol at all eight Ivy league universities through Sutton Trust programme
…merit-based scholarships The successful programme participants include 10 Scottish, 5 Northern Irish and 2 Welsh students. In 2014-15, there were over 10,700 students from the UK studying in the US,…
Leading article: Scotland’s education problems will test Swinney
…term? The message has been delivered, loud and clear, many times. The First Minister acknowledged some time ago that opposition parties were hitting home with their attacks on the Scottish…
Changing the law
…students from using. And yet, in this case, it illustrates my point nicely, which is quite annoying really. The law shapes our everyday lives in so many ways: the debate…