…2012, says an education charity. Just under a third (32%) of Team GB’s medal winners went to private school, down from 36% four years ago, suggests analysis by the Sutton…
UK universities take increasing battle for students into virtual world
…education fell by 48%, from 339,990 to 177,295. Over the same period, the number of part-time entrants also declined massively, from 266,605 to 105,715, a 60% decrease. Mounting fears about…
Leading Article: Losing Focus
…entrants are entitled to free school meals, a marker of social disadvantage, compared with 18 per cent of English children overall. The difference is stark, too, among the brightest 11-year-olds:…
Two-thirds of students in England ‘feel degree cost is not good value’
…with overall satisfaction levels particularly low among students from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds, a survey has found. The 2016 student academic experience survey, published on Thursday, shows satisfaction…
Scotland’s access challenge
…to credit that learning. Sturgeon has commendably accepted many of the recommendations of the Commission, including the idea of an independent Commissioner for Fair Access – a cross between Les…
Law firms’ preferred universities
…to the top universities to recruit, says trust chairman Sir Peter Lampl, but that means making sure that those gaining degrees from them come from more diverse backgrounds. Read the…