…cent of all pupils. So, ministers should do three things. First, we need to do much more in comprehensive schools and academies to stretch the highly able. As Conor Ryan…
Questions raised over value of a degree
…The highest-earning 10 per cent of male graduates from richer backgrounds earned about 20 per cent more than the highest earning 10 per cent from poorer backgrounds. The highest-earning women…
TOP BAFTA WINNERS TWICE AS LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN TO PRIVATE SCHOOL AS BRIT WINNERS
…of the shadow cabinet. Commenting on the findings of today’s report, Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation, said: “Our research shows that…
Students are losing out as teachers’ and university tutors’ ideas about what makes a good personal statement are a “world apart”
…research report The Personal Statement is available online here. 7. Comparisons of differing feedback from teachers and tutors: Extract form Personal Statement Comments from Teacher Comments from Admissions Tutor “Captivated…
Access in Alba
…(the Higher Education Statistics Agency) we’ll be able to see the higher education destination and degree subject of our students, and for earlier years, the class of degree awarded and…
A test of character
…positive return to social skills even allowing for cognitive and other skills traditionally associated with higher wages. Deming shows that in an increasingly computerised age, “jobs that require high levels…