…Foundation, said: “These debt levels are by far the highest in the English speaking world and are more than double average debt levels at universities in the United States, where…
Questions raised over value of a degree
…poor in the UK, despite a big expansion in higher education”. “Students from better-off backgrounds are more likely to go to universities and take subjects with better career prospects,” he…
Graduates from wealthy homes are better paid
…despite studying the same degrees at the same universities, a major new report has found. According to the research, students who come from the richest 20 per cent of households…
Sutton Trust responds to IFS and Fair Education Alliance reports
Commenting on new research from the IFS on graduate earnings, Dr Lee Elliot Major, Chief Executive of the Sutton Trust, said: “The new IFS research helps explain why social mobility…
Primary selection
…than secondary schools, are already the subject of social selection, with distance from schools even more important with fewer recruits each year. Selection by house price is an inevitable –…
A private school background is no longer a golden ticket to a law career
…students are more likely to have attended private schools or come from relatively affluent backgrounds. Few law firms report social mobility data, but where they do the figures show that…