…many students to Oxbridge in one academic year as 1,800 state schools put together, new research has revealed. According to an analysis by the Sutton Trust, three independent schools –…
Elite schools fill Oxbridge places
…supplied 260 Oxbridge entrants in 2011/12 – the same number as 1,800 state schools across England. Read the full article here. Read Lee Elliot Major’s blog on this issue here….
Most students still want to go to university
…from 14% (one in seven) last year to 18% (nearly one in five) this year. The proportion of boys who say that they are either very or fairly likely to…
More poor students going to top universities
…increase in numbers. Some commentators argued that this did not necessarily represent a major step towards widening access but our latest analysis shows that a number of these entrants are…
Match funding schemes would boost fundraising for UK universities
…a return on state funding of over 300%. In Ontario, Canada, universities raised CAN$250m (£109m), 2½ times their target, in just two years, which state contributions increased to CAN$500m (£217m)….
Top legal jobs still dominated by private schools
…backgrounds of the country’s top lawyers. Top judges, top barristers and top solicitors are still overwhelmingly privately educated and have attended the leading dozen universities, particularly Oxbridge. The position has…