…at GCSE for the English Baccalaureate. Both measures are important to widening university access. “It is good that there is a focus on identifying ‘what works’, especially through working with…
‘More apprenticeships is a good thing—but it’s time to look at the quality’
…their studies, one in five graduates are not in a graduate-level job three years after graduation. Apprenticeships should have a far greater role to play in providing alternatives to degrees.…
Sir Peter Lampl responds to OFFA access agreements
…over 170 research studies and funded and evaluated programmes that have helped hundreds of thousands of young people of all ages, from early years through to access to the professions….
In the shadows
…least access. Similar schemes have been used in other countries and contexts. Another contribution to solving this problem is the best practice shown by some tutoring agencies that I spoke…
Leading Article: Losing Focus
The Times leading article cites Sutton Trust research ‘Poor Grammar’. When Theresa May stood in front of 10 Downing Street on the first day of her premiership, she reminded the…
Studying cultures and languages at Nottingham
…to study the Cultures and Languages strand of the Summer School. I can’t deny that I spent a lot of the journey worrying, about anything from not making friends to…