…in struggling schools to tackle underachievement by poor, white, working-class children, a committee of MPs has recommended. A report by the Commons education committee said that white British children from…
The Educational backgrounds of 500 leading figures
…chief executives of FTSE companies are now non-British and were thus educated abroad. Just under a third of CEOs are currently from abroad, compared with less than one in ten…
An opportunity to explore: Recipients of our Opportunity Bursary discuss their plans
…an up-and-coming industry. Thanks to the bursary, I developed skills which I demonstrated in applications and interviews. As a result, I was successfully able to get an offer for a…
Having a working-class accent does not mean that somebody is less capable
…are finely tuned to the wide variety of accents heard across Britain. This leads us to make all sorts of value judgments about where someone is from, their education and…
Over a quarter of senior professionals from working-class backgrounds have been singled out for their accent in the workplace
…focus on communicating confidently, rather than changing their accent to fit in. Sir Peter Lampl, Founder and Chairman of the Sutton Trust and Chairman of the Education Endowment Foundation, said:…
Unpaid internships undermine social mobility
…are one of the most common ways through which many graduates kickstart their careers. But the benefits of internships come with one big caveat – are they paid? Because, as…