…students in FE colleges are more likely to progress to university than their disadvantaged peers in similar sixth forms https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/disadvantaged-students-in-fe-colleges-are-more-likely-to-progress-to-university-than-their-disadvantaged-peers-in-similar-sixth-forms/ Going Further: extending the pupil premium to post-16 settings https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/going-further-pupil-premium/…
The danger of commercial loans: What happens when student finance isn’t enough?
…recently that Martin Lewis, founder of MoneySavingExpert.com, has written to UCAS asking the admissions service to stop advertising commercial loans to students. His concern stems from the fact that the…
Sutton Trust analysis shows big rise in state educated ministers
…Oxford Defence Michael Fallon Independent Epsom College St Andrew’s Health Jeremy Hunt Independent Charterhouse Oxford Education Justine Greening Comprehensive Oakwood Comp School Southampton International Development Priti Patel Comprehensive Watford Grammar…
The Educational Backgrounds of Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords
…Lords have been to independent schools, compared to 7% in the wider population, and that 27% of the Commons and 42% of the Lords were educated at Oxbridge. Key Findings…
Independent Commission on Fees Report
…lower income families https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/access-gap-top-unis-still-ten-fold-poll-shows-support-lower-fees-students-lower-income-families/ Key Findings 1 yellow 1 Application rates for 18 year olds in England have continued to recover from their depressed level in 2012, with rates in…
A Comprehensive Commons?
…communities. But just as the 29% of female MPs and 6% of BME MPs in the new Commons are not yet representative of the community as a whole, neither should…