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Evaluating widening participation

common evaluation framework for all of its programmes. This will enable evaluations for small projects without the resources to commission an independent evaluation themselves. The Government recently designated The Sutton…

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Enabling the able

…places the UK 26th out of 34 OECD countries. It is a tremendous waste of talent and goes some way to explaining why our leading universities and professions look like…

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FE colleges can do more to boost aspiration

…is valuable, but this comes, as we know, with significant responsibilities. If staff think Oxbridge or other top universities (including American universities) are elitist, that should remain a private reservation….

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Primary movement

…a result of disparities in attainment at secondary level; those disparities have their roots in inequalities in primary schooling; and, of course, there are big differences in school readiness at…

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How alumni build academic assets

…endowments large enough to put them in the top 20 US universities, but no other British university comes close to making this list. Even state universities, the relatively poor relations…

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Delivery depends on detail

…Clark. Both had been highly able ministers, as well as combative advocates in defence of their policies. And both leave significant legacies. For Gove, the media has focused on the…