…less than a third (32 per cent) of Team GB’s 130 medallists attended fee-paying schools, a four percentage point reduction from London 2012, when 36 per cent of Team GB’s…
The education of politicians
…the concern many have had is that so many of today’s politicians have come from a route that goes from PPE at Oxford through a political job (perhaps as a…
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…
Rising tuition pushes British students to US
…steep rise in applications from British students to American universities, according to officials at the US-UK Fulbright Commission, an organization funded by the American and British governments to promote educational…
What prospects for mobility in the UK?
…of compulsory secondary school). None of the countries included in the CRITA study provided evidence of reductions in childhood disparities by parental status as children age. 900 20111128 2011 23746…
Taking hunger out of the classroom
…from government to widen free school meal (FSM) eligibility to all children in families on Universal Credit (UC) is a very welcome one. Sutton Trust research has long highlighted the…