…in well-off families study for those exams – a vital passport to university – 46 per cent of white working class boys living in better off communities go on to…
Investing in Literacy
…are classified as disadvantaged and they are twice as likely as their fellow pupils to begin secondary school struggling to read and write. Without good literacy skills by the end…
Peers quote Levels of Success in debate on apprenticeships
…targeted at young people. If the Government’s promise of three million apprenticeships is to lead to a genuine skills revolution, progression to level 3 must be inbuilt within most level…
Sir Peter Lampl: Apprenticeships should rival academia
…skills rather than degrees. Going to university used to be an elite preserve. Today, nearly half of under-30s start a degree. But there is an irony in this apparent new…
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…
Lee Elliot Major: ‘I hope my story shows what can be achieved’
…end up going to university. In fact, I gained not one but three degrees. The truth is that I’ve only recently become completely comfortable in talking frankly about my early…