…that reviving social mobility must be at the heart of everything it does. Yet the clarion call for a more meritocratic society will ring hollow if the political elite is…
SIR PETER LAMPL RESPONDS TO TODAY’S STUDENT FINANCE ANNOUNCEMENT & THE CONFIRMED RISE IN FEES
Commenting on today’s written student finance announcement from Jo Johnson, Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation, said: “Today’s student finance announcement confirms…
Disadvantaged young people at risk of being put off university if Government raises tuition fees, warns report
The Independent’s Aftab Ali reporting on Sir Peter Lampl’s comments on new report by National Education Opportunities Network (NEON) and University and College Union (UCU). Non-white young people and those…
Pupil Premium must not be used to shore-up diminishing school budgets
…it must be targeted at those in need. “The Sutton Trust Report does not tell us anything new,” said Chris Keates General Secretary of NASUWT. “It simply confirms what the…
David Torrance: University barriers a hard fact for SNP to accept
The Herald’s columnist David Torrance made reference to Access in Scotland in a comment piece arguing that access barriers in Scotland are often difficult to accept. “There was an exchange…
Leading article: Scotland’s education problems will test Swinney
…one area where the Government may have to think again. Is there anyone left in Scotland who doesn’t know Nicola Sturgeon has made education her top priority for this parliamentary…