…away from compulsory academisation, but the plan to require many more schools to become academies requires more excellent multi academy trusts. Our research has shown that the quality of existing…
Brian Reade: A scary degree of debt for the poor
Daily Mirror columnist Brian Reade commented on Degrees of Debt A damning report from the Sutton Trust shows students in England leave university with more debt than anywhere else in…
England degree debt ‘highest in English-speaking world’
…and are more than double average debt levels at universities in the United States, where students study for four-year programmes, rather than three. “They impact on the ability of graduates…
At debt’s door
…graduates shared the cost fairly. The coalition’s decision to treble maximum tuition fees for English undergraduates, whilst adding real interest of inflation plus up to 3%, has completely changed the…
Fair Education Alliance report draws on Sutton Trust research
…brightest children coming from poor backgrounds. There’s that damning statistic, the one that keeps me awake at night, from the Sutton Trust. Seven thousand of our brightest children, mainly from…
Alliance urges more effort to provide decent education for all children
…well-being. …… Lee Elliot Major, chief executive of the Sutton Trust charity, said: “We welcome the report from the alliance. It highlights the real challenges that remain in narrowing the…