Responding to the Government’s announcement of a range of apprenticeship policy changes, Nick Harrison, Chief Executive of the Sutton Trust, said: ‘Removing the requirement for apprentices to complete level 2…
A quarter of students at risk of dropping out of university due to cost of living crisis
…the disabled students’ pupil premium. The rest is ‘to support successful student outcomes’ and includes funding for widening participation and outreach activities – so much of this is unlikely to…
Are less advantaged students able to benefit fully from their university experience?
…to build essential life skills through societies and extracurricular activities, university also provides an important opportunity to build employability skills and professional networks. However, we know that access to these…
Having a working-class accent does not mean that somebody is less capable
Our Founder and Chairman, Sir Peter Lampl, touches on his experience as he reflects on our latest research on accents and social mobility. For 25 years, the Sutton Trust has…
Widening participation headlines from Level 3 results day
…can this week’s data tell us about educational inequalities and regional disparities in opportunities? A Level results Grade distribution Initially after the pandemic and the resultant exam disruption, there was…
Investing in every child’s future
…15 hours of early education and childcare per week, but children in ‘working families’ are able to access an additional 15 hours on top. Many families on the lowest or…