…on extracurricular inequalities and the gap in ‘essential life skills’, citing the need to ensure continued additional support for disadvantaged students in careers and personality skills to navigate the job…
Universities urged to slash entry rules for key courses
…grades for high demand courses such as medicine and law to ensure more pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds secure places. The country’s new fair access commissioner said unless Ancient institutions such…
Sir Peter Lampl: University places
…the overall pot. We also need to see the urgent appointment of the “fair access” commissioner promised by the first minister before this year’s election to ensure progress is made….
Children of ‘just managing families left out by grammars’
…grammar school system,” said the Sutton Trust. Grammar schools in England should not expand until the government can ensure fair admissions, the charity argues. Ministers said their plans would address…
GCSE pupils from poor Chinese families do three times better than whites
…education think tank. *** The report authors said the lack of aspiration in some white working class homes could be to blame because many other cultures place more importance on…
Poor UK lads classed out
…showed over the past decade disadvantaged Bangladeshi, black African and Chinese pupils all improved grades by more than 20 percentage points — far above the national average. Researchers said the…