Prof Steve Higgins and Prof Rob Coe discuss the finding of their new Sutton Trust report in The Conversation. What makes “great teaching”? It’s a complicated question, made more difficult…
Good career advice ‘helps schools’
…decisions. Those without good networks and family contacts lose out when career guidance is poor. Less advantaged young people must know all their options, whether it is the right apprenticeship,…
Careering off in the right direction?
James Turner stresses the importance of impartial, tailored careers guidance Students from affluent homes seem to have an inbuilt compass to point them in the right direction: to the exams…
Later school start time ‘may boost GCSE results’
…be researching these cutting-edge strategies based on the latest knowledge in neuroscience.” Read the full article here. The new EEF projects received further media coverage. See below; Major study of…
Teachers on track
…complain that state school students, particularly those from schools and colleges in poorer areas, lack the breadth and depth of knowledge of their privately-schooled peers; by providing students with the…
Peter Lampl: Forget costly UK universities. Go to America
…on university admissions processes. The promise of a new careers advice service is also to be wholeheartedly welcomed as too many comprehensive students make poor subject and university choices. But…