…Heeley takes us through them. From impromptu serenades to inspirational stories, announcing the new Alumni Leadership Board and award winners, to dancing to DJ Kate’s sweet jams, the week was…
New Director of Development appointed
…at the Royal National Institute for the Blind, where he established and successfully implemented new major gift programmes. He has extensive experience of working with donors from the USA and…
Private school and Oxbridge educations over-represented among likely new MPs
Frances Perraudin features Sutton Trust research in a Guardian article on the background of MPs. Almost a third of new parliamentary candidates with a reasonable chance of winning seats in…
Many popular teaching practices are ineffective, warns new Sutton Trust report
Lavish praise for students is among seven popular teaching practices not supported by evidence, according to a new Sutton Trust report which reviews over 200 pieces of research on how…
From Oxbridge to Uxbridge
…all the major party conferences over the coming weeks. These latest figures for parliament’s new recruits also confirm a trend of diminishing representation from the two ancient universities over the…
Sir Peter Lampl: Letter to the New York Times
This letter from Sir Peter Lampl was published in the New York Times following the Virginia Tech school massacre. The people of Scotland will empathize with those who are grieving…