Robert Halfon, Chairman of the Education Select Committee, mentions Sutton Trust’s evidence submission in an article for the Times on the inquiry into the value for money in higher education…
Response to Milburn resignation
Commenting on the news that Alan Milburn and his colleagues have resigned from the Social Mobility Commission, Sir Peter Lampl, Founder and Chairman of the Sutton Trust, said: “It is…
Disadvantaged youngsters ‘less likely to start the best apprenticeships’
Alan Jones covers Sutton Trust new research, Better Apprenticeships, for Press Association. Disadvantaged youngsters are less likely than their better-off peers to start the best apprenticeships, a new study reveals….
ACCESS GAP TO BEST APPRENTICESHIPS
…greater numbers of these ‘conversions’. Whilst the report shows how lessons can be learned from existing good quality apprenticeships – supported by a new development-led inspection process-, it warns that…
80% of students won’t repay loan
…The decision to raise the minimum earnings level at which loan repayments kick in – from £21,000 to £25,000 – means a much larger pool of low earners will never…
Scrap uni fees for poorest & raise them for richest
…cut average student debt by a third, with those from the most disadvantaged families benefiting the most, according to a new study published the Sutton Trust. The social mobility charity…