…for older generations (57% compared to 47% more widely). Similarly, 75% say coming from a wealthy family is important for getting ahead in life (compared to just 68% saying the…
New housing solutions needed in London
Fewer than one in fifteen (6%) of new graduates who move to London come from the most disadvantaged fifth of UK neighbourhoods according to Home Advantage, a new report published…
COMPREHENSIVE PUPILS OUTPERFORM INDEPENDENT AND GRAMMAR PUPILS IN UNIVERSITY DEGREES
Students from comprehensive schools are likely to achieve higher class degrees at university than independent and grammar school students with similar A-levels and GCSE results, a major study commissioned by…
A test of character
Sir Peter Lampl on why today’s new EEF trials of character education could help improve vital social skills for disadvantaged young people. The debate on school standards too often comes…
Unequal Treatment?
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‘Bridging the Gap’ – what can we learn about social mobility from engineering?
…from lower SEB, compared with 17% of accountants and 15% of management consultants. However, these percentages all indicate low diversity compared with the wider workforce, where in this dataset 29%…