…attended fee-paying schools earned £4,500 more. …… Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust, said: “We know that graduates from less privileged backgrounds are under-represented in the top professions…
Universities agree to take more disadvantaged students
Writing for the BBC on the new OFFA Access Agreements, Hannah Richards included a quote from Sir Peter Lampl. Universities in England have agreed to take more students from disadvantaged…
Summer Budget: Student loans replace maintenance grants
…warned that the reforms could deter low and middle-income students from applying to university. “Since grants were reintroduced, there have been significant improvements in participation from full-time less advantaged students,…
Budget 2015: Student maintenance grants scrapped
…Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation, warned the move could put off many low and middle income students from going to university. “Since…
Sutton Trust response to maintenance grants cuts set out in today’s Budget
Commenting on the plans to cut maintenance grants outlined in today’s Budget, Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation, said: “Shifting grants to…
Funds shortfall for poorest schools
…2014-15 despite a £6 billion Government programme aimed at disadvantaged pupils, a spending watchdog has found. The pupil premium, which provides extra funding to schools for children from poor backgrounds,…