…for an MP unpaid. And while Boris Johnson has previously given his support to the call to ban unpaid internships, his government has not acted on this issue. Any child…
Government loans have helped widen access to postgraduate study, but rising tuition fees threaten progress
…Endowment Foundation, said: “As rates of postgraduate study have increased, so too has the role of postgraduate study in promoting social mobility. But with postgraduate study costing over £20,000 a…
New Sutton Trust survey shows Covid-19 is continuing to have an impact on apprentices
…of the government youth employment incentive schemes. Employers were asked whether their company would hire more or less apprentices than they hired the year before coronavirus. A third of apprentice…
The Sutton Trust responds to HESA statistics
Responding to statistics on widening participation at English universities and colleges for 2018-19, James Turner, CEO of the Sutton Trust, said: “Highly selective universities have made important steps forward in…
National Apprenticeship Week 2020
…best apprenticeships rivals that of degrees. In particular, the evidence showed that students who undertook a higher apprenticeship, at level 5, increased their lifetime earnings when compared to a graduate…
Looking inward: monitoring socio-economic diversity at a small organisation
…this has changed since 2014. Unfortunately, despite many calls for increased diversity in higher level positions, very little has improved over the years. The report identified isolated pockets of change…