Two new initiatives are being launched to help young people from low income families compete for future apprenticeships at the BBC. The first programme, based in London and Salford, is…
Unequal mobilities
…groups are three times as likely to commute to university from home as those from the highest group (44.9% compared with 13.1%). State school students are 2.6 times more likely…
Student finance: Under review
…higher or degree apprenticeships compared with 330,000 freshers at university – but it will be vital that the review panel feels able to take a hard look at the whole…
UK Summer Schools applications launch
…nights and learning to dance the Ceilidh to name just a few! Students walk away with a boost of confidence, increased knowledge and skills and the support to make informed…
The £6,848 question
…also 15% more likely to be employed full-time after six months, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency, and more likely to use skills acquired during their education in their…
Education’s forgotten pupils
…disadvantaged pupils. Labelling is the death knell of education aspiration and self-esteem. And repeating tests doesn’t work. We need an exam system that tests academic skills, but also develops and…