…identify students from disadvantaged backgrounds who may have the potential to benefit from higher education. The SAT results will be compared with A level results and later with students’ degree…
Over half the country’s top journalists went to private schools
…mostly from backgrounds that are so different from the vast majority of the population. The newspaper and broadcasting industries are not attracting a rich diversity of recruits and should look…
Why opening up access to the creative industries matters
…from pursuing these opportunities – and it’s not for lack of trying. In fact, according to Sutton Trust research, 43% of middle-class graduates had taken an internship compared to 31%…
Conor Ryan: Apprenticeships must not accredit existing knowledge
Sutton Trust Director of Research and Communications, Conor Ryan, calls for more apprenticeship opportunities for young people in an article for FE Week. The government says it wants to see…
Breaking the Class Ceiling
…new report, Class Ceiling, from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility. The APPG, for which the Sutton Trust acts as the secretariat, took as its starting point the Leading…
Coding + Creativity = Careers?
…with a computing curriculum that teaches coding. From 5, children will learn to code and programme, with algorithms, sequencing, selection and repetition; from 11, how to use at least 2…