…argued that the whole idea of splitting traits such as IQ into separate components of heredity and environment is scientifically indefensible: we are the product of the complex dance in…
UK’s low income mobility
…a more concrete idea of social mobility. And comparing where a person is in relative terms provides a particularly powerful comparator of generational change across different nations. And when economists…
Are you SAT-isfied?
…progress than our parents ever did about us. Many more of our children now reach national expectations than they did 20 years ago before the tests were ushered in. Although…
Teachers support US-style SAT for Year 13 students
…(65%) agreed that the award of university places should be made after young people receive their results; only 20% disagreed. A third of teachers strongly agreed. In November 2003 universities…
Sutton Trust summer school students from non-traditional backgrounds do well in degrees
…and board expenses paid.” Deadline for applications is 14 March. As well as Oxford and Cambridge, the research covers the universities of Bristol, Nottingham and (since 2002) St Andrew’s, where…
University Admissions by Individual Schools
…highest admission rates to Oxbridge are composed of 78 independent schools, 21 grammar schools, and one comprehensive. Overall, the top 200 schools and colleges made up 48% of admissions to…