…earnings elasticity’. This measure signals how sticky or immobile a society is comparing one generation with the previous one. The higher this number, the lower is social mobility. Put simply,…
University funding challenge
…evidence base for the latest inquiry from the Higher Education Commission, chaired by the impressive Ruth Thompson, former Director General of higher education in the old Department for Innovation, Universities…
English students face highest graduate debts, exceeding Ivy League average
…years compared to three in England. However, the report notes that UK graduates benefit from an income contingent system held by the state. These are compounded by interest rates of…
University aspirations highest for five years
…likely or very likely to go on to higher education, the highest figure recorded since the survey began in 2003. Thirty-nine percent said they were ‘very likely’ to go into…
COMPREHENSIVE PUPILS OUTPERFORM INDEPENDENT AND GRAMMAR PUPILS IN UNIVERSITY DEGREES
Students from comprehensive schools are likely to achieve higher class degrees at university than independent and grammar school students with similar A-levels and GCSE results, a major study commissioned by…
Admitting the problem
…in effect, highly socially selective. Children eligible for Free School Meals were significantly under-represented in the 200 schools with the highest attainment, with substantially lower rates than the typical comprehensive,…