…Similarly, recent research from Dr Louise Ashley found that professional firms “privilege candidates with the same narrow forms of cultural capital, while acknowledging that this contradicts their professed commitment to…
APPG on Social Mobility Inquiry into Access into Leading Professions: Call for Evidence **CORRECTION: The deadline for submissions is 5pm Monday 1st August 2016**
…into your profession for people from disadvantaged backgrounds? What are the best and worst practices for widening access to people from disadvantaged backgrounds in your profession that you are aware…
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…
Bright state school pupils ‘put off by intimidating Oxbridge admission systems’
…come after Cambridge University announced it was introducing common written tests for all potential students, and Prime Minister David Cameron warned education institutions, the police, military and courts that they…
Oxbridge admission process ‘is deterring poor bright pupils’
…means that there is significant complexity in the admissions system to both universities which can seem off-putting to students unfamiliar with the process who may have little support from their…
David Cameron’s Oxford college admits fewest state school applicants
…than the current system of applications to individual colleges, which it says is “intimidating and complex”. …. An embattled Oxford University meanwhile strongly disputed the Sutton Trust conclusions, pointing out…