…her story. Jamala had drifted into a life of hopelessness during her teenage years – an all too common tale in Britain. “I felt that I was going down a…
November 2017 – Westminster Roundup
…Milburn, David Johnston, Paul Gregg and the Conservative peer Gillian Shephard have resigned from their posts at the Social Mobility Commission. The Government will be appointing a new chair in…
Do apprenticeships pay?
…connections made through the apprenticeship programme. We compare those who start an apprenticeship with those of a similar educational level. In practice, this means comparing such individuals either with those…
The £6,848 question
…and they command a wage premium – £200,000 more than an undergraduate degree alone, over a lifetime,” says Lee Elliot Major, chief executive of the Sutton Trust. “But with undergraduates…
Lessons for life
…the confidence and motivation to seek challenges and complete tasks, to the interpersonal skills that aid teamwork and other social interactions. These essential life skills – the subject of today’s…
Lessons in early years policy
…represents a major increase in the state’s commitment to childcare support, it may make it harder to improve social mobility through such early interventions. The government is trying to introduce…