…undertaken by the Institute of Employment Studies, looked at outcomes for those who had successfully applied for a Summer School compared to those who did not get a place. As…
Pupils four times less likely to say they have received substantial guidance on apprenticeships than university
CAREERS EDUCATION REMAINS PATCHY DESPITE RECENT IMPROVEMENTS Less than a third of 17- and 18-year-olds have completed work experience. Nearly a third of state school teachers say they don’t have…
Why opening up access to the creative industries matters
…the LSE, writing in The Guardian this year. Add to this the risk that unpaid internships will increase in the wake of the economic downturn, alongside growing competition for those…
Sutton Trust and EEF response to education recovery package
Commenting on the government’s education recovery plans, Sir Peter Lampl, founder and chairman of the Sutton Trust and chairman of the Education Endowment Foundation, said: “We know that the impact…
Old school ties? The educational background of Boris Johnson’s cabinet
…person in that role to have attended a state comprehensive. How does the new cabinet compare to previous cabinets? Although the privately educated proportion of Johnson’s cabinet is considerably higher…
Britain’s most powerful people 5 times more likely to go to private school
…2014, when 22 per cent of then Labour leader Ed Miliband’s shadow cabinet were privately educated. Of current MPs in the House of Commons in 2017, 29% come from a…