…before the British general election, a proud newspaper resigned itself to the view that little good could come from the use of statistics by politicians. An editorial in the Guardian…
Sheen: Arts Becoming Harder For Working Class
Lucy Cotter highlighted Sutton Trust research in a Sky News report on access in the arts Michael Sheen has told Sky News the culture of privilege in the arts is…
All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility: Inquiry into Access into Leading Professions
…of Commons, to leading news journalists, to those most prominent in the arts. Our research has consistently shown that the UK’s professional elite is disproportionately educated at private schools and…
Rod Liddle: Put a limit on jobs for all the toffs and give us plebs a chance
…— even though the plebs know the dice have been loaded. Always have been. But the latest news is that things are getting even worse. We are no more equal…
Shining a light on university access
…Poverty Commission report urges even more ambitious targets to improve the country’s low social mobility levels. Universities in England spend over £120 million a year on outreach programmes. Much of…
Privately educated graduates ‘earn more’ than state school colleagues
Katherine Sellgren reported for BBC News on the Private Pay Progression research brief. Privately educated UK graduates in high status jobs earn more than their state school counterparts, says a…