…at all. …… Denying students access to portable tuition loans risks shutting poorer students off from overseas study, according to Peter Lampl, chairman of education charity The Sutton Trust….
Stop levying VAT on sixth-form colleges, say MPs
…from having to pay VAT. Graham Stuart, the Conservative chairman of the Commons Education Select Committee, is leading a cross-party campaign by 75 MPs to persuade the Education Secretary, Nicky…
General election 2015: One third of MPs will be privately educated following vote in May
…a disproportionate amount attending Oxbridge. According to a study by the Sutton Trust, which campaigns on social mobility, 31% of candidates in winnable seats have attended fee-paid schools, compared to…
Private education, private education, private education
The Independent featured new Sutton Trust findings on their front page today. Richard Garner writes the following; One thing will remain the same after the general election whoever wins –…
Nearly one in three key candidates standing at the general election is privately educated
Almost a third (31%) of new candidates set to stand in May’s General Election with a reasonable chance of winning were privately educated, new Sutton Trust research published today reveals,…
The real victims of this government’s changes to tuition fees have been forgotten
…later have often come from disadvantaged backgrounds, and higher education offers them the chance of closing the gap. “Many part-time and mature students come from less advantaged backgrounds,” explains Sir…