Claire Callender unpicks the key findings from Sutton Trust latest research investigating the decline in part-time students. The 2012/13 tuition fee hikes in England resulted in more than 43,000 ‘lost’…
The effect of GCSE reforms: Have they widened the disadvantage gap?
…grade 4/C boundary. While this has always been the expected standard for 16-year-olds, the government now refer to it as a “standard pass”, ignoring the fact that grades 3-1 are…
GCSE reforms have led to slight widening of attainment gap, but overall impact is small
…that during the period of the reforms, test scores for disadvantaged pupils fell slightly compared to their classmates, by just over a quarter of a grade across nine subjects. Reforms…
How can we make contextual admissions more accessible?
…the offer (e.g. ABB) which a student could expect to receive as a result of the policy was not always clear. We know from our programmes work that many universities…
Waning opportunity? Social mobility and the General Election
…stands at just 35% – a decline of almost 20 percentage points in a decade. These results are mirrored in people’s views on the chances of today’s young people compared…
BBC launches new apprenticeship opportunities
Two new initiatives are being launched to help young people from low income families compete for future apprenticeships at the BBC. The first programme, based in London and Salford, is…