…social mobility https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/pupils-attainment-gap-is-a-ticking-time-bomb-for-social-mobility/ Closing the attainment gap should be a priority for the next government https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/closing-the-attainment-gap-should-be-a-priority-for-the-next-government/ Overview 1 blue-dark Children from less well-off homes start school already behind their classmates,…
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility
…to discuss and evaluate key issues, research and indicators of social mobility and barriers to it. Through regular inquiries and hearings, the group investigates the challenges for policymakers to ensure…
Internship or Indenture?
…a third of graduate interns are unpaid, each spending £926 a month to work for free https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/nearly-a-third-of-graduate-interns-are-unpaid-each-spending-926-a-month-to-work-for-free/ Fairness for interns https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/fairness-for-interns/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 31% of university graduates…
Chain Effects 2016
…6946 20160706 2016 23723 1 One in five academy chains below average for results and improvement for poorest pupils, but best chains delivering outstanding results https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/one-in-five-academy-chains-below-average-for-results-and-improvement-for-poorest-pupils-but-best-chains-delivering-outstanding-results/ Academies: Improving outcomes? https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/academies-improving-outcomes/…
Endowments could help postgraduate students
…Cambridge suggests these figures for most courses at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/students/studentregistry/fees/costs/coursecost/costs2013v9.pdf. Taught course fees for home or European students at Sheffield and Newcastle universities are typically £5000-£6000 a year, with research fees…
Conor Ryan: Apprenticeships must not accredit existing knowledge
…by converting existing employees into apprentices. Of course, in doing so they may give them new skills, but without robust checks they may simply accredit existing knowledge. That was something…