…say it was one of the best weeks of my education… and it was all free! Everything from travel to accommodation was paid for so that the week was stress-free…
Leading Article: Ancient Injustice
…undergraduates to come from the poorest fifth of neighbourhoods by 2030; at present most of Scotland’s ancient universities comes close to meeting that demand. Sir Peter, the government’s commissioner for…
‘Vice-chancellors need to wake up’
…*** Universities should be about education, skills and employability, and addressing social injustice. Our higher education sector frequently delivers excellent academic results, but tackling our economy’s skills gaps and equipping…
The best advice for parents at the start of term
The Sutton Trust and our sister charity, the Education Endowment Foundation, receive recognition for our evidence-based research on the best school strategies in an article by Anjuna Ahuja for the…
‘Clothes choice and accents’ denying young people jobs in banking
Richard Vaughan at the I covers our polling on access to the financial services industries. Read the full article here. Read our polling here. …
Secondary school places must be chosen ‘by lottery’ to prevent selection by house price
Richard Vaughan of The i cites findings from our newly published report on selective comprehensives and quotes Sir Peter Lampl. Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust, said…