…well-known companies such as Nationwide, Aviva and SSE. These businesses recognise that clinging to the national minimum wage is not good for business. Customers expect better than that.” To find…
Nick Clegg says that the Sutton Trust inspired his passion for social mobility
…Mobility Committee this month. The House of Lords Committee on Social Mobility was appointed in June “to consider social mobility in the transition from school to work”. The Committee is…
Sutton Trust comment on Thursday’s OFFA report into access agreements
…disadvantaged background. However, whilst entry rates for undergraduates from low-income homes are improving, a persistent access gap of over nine times remains at the most selective universities. It is vital…
Two-thirds of new MPs went to comprehensives, research finds
The TES included Sutton Trust research in an article on the new MPs. Almost two-thirds of the new entrants to the House of Commons were educated at comprehensive schools, making…
Sutton Trust Comment on new report from Ofsted
…are being let down. “Our research shows that England compares poorly with other countries in its provision for the highly able and our brightest students are failing to make the…
Sir Peter Lampl comments on OFFA plans
…persistent access gap of over seven times remains at the most selective universities. Professor Ebdon’s emphasis on widening participation at these universities is particularly welcome and underlines just how important…