…— meaning it will take many years for them to pay off their debts. The interest rate, which rises from 3.9% next month, comes at a time when Bank rate…
Most expect to go to university but worry about fees
The Guardian’s Sally weale cites finding from our student aspirations polling. Half of young people who say they are likely to go to university are worried about the cost of…
HALF OF YOUNG PEOPLE HOPING TO GO TO HIGHER EDUCATION WORRY ABOUT COST
…17% and one in 20 (4%) named lost earnings from not working as their biggest concern. Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment, said…
Help for deprived pupils delayed by 11-plus proposals
Oliver Wright of the Times cites Sir Peter Lampl’s comment on the government’s grammar School plans. Ambitious plans to drive up educational standards in some of the most deprived areas…
Sir Peter Lampl responds to grammar school plans
Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation said today: “The government is right to recognise that there is a serious issue about the…
May’s grammar school plan provokes fury among MPs
…Street confirmed that the government was considering new grammar schools. The Conservative chairman of the education select committee said that efforts to re-establish grammar schools would be a “distraction” from…