…from early years through to access to the professions. ‘Higher education student enrolments and qualifications obtained at higher education providers in the United Kingdom 2016/17’ is published today at https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/11-01-2018/sfr247-higher-education-student-statistics….
Growing fee fears among young people
…is badly in need of reform. It is outrageous that someone from a council estate should pay more than someone from a top boarding school. This reform should include means-testing…
Response to SMC ‘Time for change’ report
…to improve social mobility. A full copy of the report will be available to download at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/social-mobility-commission MEDIA COVERAGE Decades of policies have failed to shift social mobility (I News)…
New OFFA guidance on evaluating outreach
…Access has published new guidance for the evaluation of outreach by universities and colleges. Commenting on the framework, Dr Lee Elliot Major, Chief Executive of the Sutton Trust, said: “Universities…
Three quarters of Sutton Trust summer school students win places at top universities
…schools sponsored by the Sutton Trust. In some cases the summer schools ‘reduce completely’ the disadvantage of coming from a poorer home. The report by Dr Tony Hoare and Rosanna…
Open your doors to all, Sir Peter Lampl urges private day schools
…only pressure would come from schools’ desire to educate able children from all backgrounds, and their need to compete with a new, dynamic sector drawing on a wider talent pool….