…larger maintenance loans, while those from the 20% richest households have average debts of around £38,400. A means-tested fees system, and bringing back maintenance grants, would cut overall average student…
HALF OF YOUNG PEOPLE HOPING TO GO TO HIGHER EDUCATION WORRY ABOUT COST
…(47%) worry about the cost, according to new Ipsos MORI polling of 11 – 16 year olds in academies and maintained schools in England and Wales published today by the…
Students face extra repayments of £2,800 if repayment threshold frozen on existing loans
…of borrowers, then in future anything goes. The advice that students have received will turn out to have been based on a false premise, and in future no firm reassurances…
Only one third of pupils understand tuition fees
…compared with 33% pupils in the most affluent families. The Family Affluence scale uses a set of questions about family resources – such as computer and car ownership, and frequency…
Comic Strip Presents
…do with their success as the opportunities they are fortunate to receive. And many acknowledge all the support that they’ve had. Thankfully many people escape from poverty. Some are helped…
Top ten Oxbridge tips for teachers
…well-written and compelling the better. A-Level results day: call admissions office When the day comes, it really is worth ringing the college admissions officers to talk through candidates who may…