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Call to ban unpaid internships

…approximately £1,000 a month to live there. Unpaid internships prevent young people from low- and moderate-income backgrounds from getting into some of the most competitive sectors like the media, city…

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Give poor pupils a two grade break

…number of free school meals eligible pupils admitted to top universities. This could potentially benefit up to 750 such pupils each year, as well as many more young people from…

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Betrayal of poor white pupils

In an article in the print editions of the Daily Mail, James Tapsfield cites Sutton Trust Class Differences research in coverage of the government’s racial audit released yesterday. Chairman and…

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September 2017 – Westminster Roundup

Key appointments: Lord Nash will be stepping down as an Education Minister and will be replaced by Sir Theodore Agnew, current chairman of the Inspiration Trust. Read more Chris Millward…

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Response to PM on tuition fees

…found that if the repayment threshold were frozen for five years, as originally proposed, the typical borrower is estimated to repay an extra £2,800 Degrees of Debt compared tuition funding…