…of conditions at home. We know that families who are eligible for Universal Credit are six times more likely to be classified as food insecure than ineligible families, but there’s…
Labour’s mostly state-educated Cabinet must push fair HE access
…if they attend university. UK graduates overall earn, on average, £100,000 more over their lifetimes than non-graduates, despite student loan repayments and higher taxes. University plays a crucial role in…
Beyond expectations
…in schools in England and Wales, and has consistently shown that these inequalities emerge even before pupils have done their GCSEs. In 2018, 77% of young people overall saw themselves…
Evidence of intent
…of borrowing, and the high interest rates now charged, means that barely a quarter of graduates are likely to repay their loans in full. In other policies, the Conservatives have…
Trump’s victory is about education, not politics
…May or Donald Trump can deliver the education policies to transform the life prospects of these communities that pinned their hopes on change. May’s main idea for improving social mobility…
Academies: improving outcomes?
Sir Peter Lampl explores the policy implications of our latest research on academies. Academies were started in 2000 to alter the fortunes of failing schools that disproportionately served students from…