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Social mobility in the workplace

A comprehensive guide to widening access for employers.

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Universities and Social Mobility

A look at the relationship between higher education and social mobility.

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Inequality in early years education

Unpacking the problems with the current early years system.

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Selective Comprehensives '24

Highlighting the issues with school admissions in England.

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The recent evolution of apprenticeships

Analysing the trends in apprenticeship take-up since 2015.

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Reforming student maintenance

An overview of the student maintenance system.

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Caught Out

14th April 2016

Where and why primary school intakes differ substantially in their social composition from the local neighbourhoods from which they recruit.

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Best in Class

6th April 2016

An outline of the Best in Class summit organised by the Sutton Trust and the Carnegie Corporation of New York on 9 March 2016.

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Leading People 2016

24th February 2016

In this report, we investigate the educational backgrounds of the UK’s professional elite, showing the staying power of the privately-educated at the top of...

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Oxbridge Admissions

4th February 2016

The research brief looks at undergraduate admissions to Oxford and Cambridge from a widening participation perspective, finding that the application processes differ significantly from...

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Making a Statement

28th January 2016

This report investigates whether the personal statement as part of university admissions advantages certain types of applicant over others.

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A Winning Personality

14th January 2016

This report examines the association between family background and characteristics related to personality and aspirations, and between these characteristics and adult career attainment.

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Evaluating Access

17th December 2015

This report reviews national and international research on widening participation and access programmes to find out which methods are most likely to help disadvantaged...

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Background to Success

12th November 2015

This report investigates patterns of academic attainment for different subgroups of a longitudinal sample of more than 3,000 students.

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Levels of Success

8th October 2015

Levels of Success looks at the earning potential of apprenticeships versus degrees, finding that the very best apprenticeships result in greater lifetime earnings than...

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COSMO Study

Major new cohort study examining the long-term impact of the pandemic on educational inequality and social mobility.

 

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