Lee Elliot Major asks could number ones reflect generational trends in social mobility “We don’t need no education,” proclaimed Pink Floyd’s Number One single Another Brick in the Wall in…
International inequalities
…least advantaged five year olds biggest in the US, but UK still lags behind Canada and Australia https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/reading-gap-between-most-and-least-advantaged-five-year-olds-biggest-in-the-us-but-uk-still-lags-behind-canada-and-australia/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 Educational inequalities are large in the UK,…
Lifelong learning: Insights from a data apprentice
Our Digital Programmes & Platform Manager, Caitlin Brown, reflects on her experience as a Level 4 Data Analyst Apprentice. When I was at secondary school in the late 2000s, apprenticeships…
National study to track the pandemic’s effect on year 11 students’ life chances
…the study, said: “COVID-19 and its aftermath are a generation-defining challenge – the disruption to education will have long-lasting effects on young people’s life chances, with the most disadvantaged children…
The Opportunity Index
…young people https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/london-miles-ahead-of-other-regions-in-providing-best-opportunities-for-the-poorest-young-people/ 1 The Opportunity Index interactive map navy We have ranked constituencies in England by the school attainment, access to higher education, employment status and earnings of young…
OFFA and Sutton Trust launch project to research the impact of outreach
…in December 2015 (https://www.suttontrust.com/researcharchive/evaluating-access/) found that despite English universities investing £124 million in 2015-16 in increasing the number of disadvantaged students they enrol, there is too little robust evidence available…