Ipsos MORI conducted a research study among 11-16 year olds on behalf of the Sutton Trust between January-April 2010. The survey explored the likelihood of young people going into higher…
Apprenticeships
…a significant imbalance between the number of young people taking up degree-level apprenticeships in comparison to those beginning undergraduate degrees. grid 61% The proportion of former applicants who didn’t pursue…
Employers support ban on unpaid internships as working-class graduates lose out on growing route into careers
…an unpaid or underpaid internship (37% compared to 28%). Graduates who undertook unpaid internships were able to do so because they received money from parents (40%), lived at home or…
Sutton Trust response to government announcement on teacher pay
…recommendations for increased teacher pay. Children should not be missing school and this decision means the strikes should now come to an end. “But the pay increases must be fully…
Balancing budgets: Schools forced to make increasing cuts to staff and activities amid funding crisis
…their pupils – just to ensure that they balance their budgets for another year. It is especially frustrating to see that school leaders are having to make such severe cuts…
What have the main parties pledged for students?
…thresholds had increased with inflation even just since 2016, 30,000 more young people each year would be eligible for the maximum level of support. England is also the only UK…