…INDEPENDENT SCHOOL STUDENTS “STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD” https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/personal-statements-help-independent-school-students-stand-crowd-university-applications/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 The UCAS personal statement is an important non-academic indicator that many UK universities use as an…
Parents slightly more likely to advise uni than apprenticeship
…2017/18 there were 10,846 in total. This compares to over 330,000 school leavers undertaking degrees each year. Today’s polling is published ahead of National Apprenticeship Week (4-8 March 2019), a…
Better Statements
…evaluation to compare how academics and teachers approached personal statements. Strikingly, it reveals that academics and teachers have very different views on what makes an excellent personal statement. The academics’…
Getting the Balance Right
…financial difficulties https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/a-third-of-nurseries-in-the-most-disadvantaged-areas-may-be-forced-to-close-due-to-financial-difficulties/ Early years in crisis: impact of the pandemic on sector https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/early-years-in-crisis/ 3 Key Findings 1 light-green 1 Early Education Provision • Despite aspirational statements on closing the…
Oxbridge Admissions
…2016 25946 1 Press release: Sutton Trust calls for Oxbridge to streamline ‘intimidating and complex’ admissions process https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/sutton-trust-calls-for-oxbridge-to-streamline-intimidating-and-complex-admissions-process/ Sir Peter Lampl: Oxbridge Admissions https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/oxbridge-admissions/ Recommendations 1 pink 1 Oxford and…
A Winning Personality
…20160114 2016 23733 1 Press release: Extroverts are less likely to come from poorer backgrounds, and more likely to earn over £40,000 https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/extroverts-are-less-likely-to-come-from-poorer-backgrounds-and-more-likely-to-earn-over-40000/ Robert de Vries: Out of Character https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/out-of-character/…