…be read in the context of other research into the benefits of higher education to individuals. Over their working life, the average graduate will earn comfortably over £100,000 more in…
Number of white working class boys taking AS or A-levels ‘shockingly low’
…geography that means they abandon education earlier than their peers in better-off areas, according to new research by Oxford University. The findings, commissioned by the Sutton Trust, reveal the powerful…
A test of character
Sir Peter Lampl on why today’s new EEF trials of character education could help improve vital social skills for disadvantaged young people. The debate on school standards too often comes…
Sir Peter Lampl: Apprenticeships should rival academia
…young people know what’s on offer. Yet, good apprenticeships are a better deal than many degrees. New Boston Consulting Group research shows that completing the best apprenticeships (at level 5)…
Higher earnings
…with efforts to improve their public perception. Partly, this will come naturally as apprenticeship quality improves, but the government could go further, tasking the Careers and Enterprise Company with ensuring…
Students face extra repayments of £2,800 if repayment threshold frozen on existing loans
…calculation comes from Unfair Deal, a new Sutton Trust research brief by higher education consultant John Thompson that looks at the effect of this year’s summer budget on students. The…