…at secondary school, those would be in the first generation of their family to attend university, those who come from an area with a low rate of progression to higher…
Access to early education is the first line of defence against inequality
…attainment gap, and represents poor value for money for the taxpayer, when research shows the highest return on investment comes from enabling disadvantaged children to access high-quality provision. Our Pulse…
Impact of selective education
…University has found a bigger gap between the wages of the highest and lowest paid people born in areas with a selective education system compared with those from areas of…
British university fees more expensive than US on average
…said that while high fees had not deterred young students from poor backgrounds going to university, they had caused a big fall in the number of part-time students. There are…
Sutton Trust responds to the Social Mobility Commission’s ‘State of the Nation’ report
Our response to the latest report from the Social Mobility Commission, which provides devastating insight into the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sir Peter Lampl, founder and chairman of the…
Commonly used markers of disadvantage ‘not effective’ at identifying low-income students
…CACI Limited. The data must thus be paid for by employers and universities. The Acorn classification system combines information from the Land Registry, administrative data and commercial data to divide…