…to improve social mobility. A full copy of the report will be available to download at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/social-mobility-commission MEDIA COVERAGE Decades of policies have failed to shift social mobility (I News)…
New OFFA guidance on evaluating outreach
…TO EDITORS ‘Improving the evaluation of outreach: interview report’ and ‘The evaluation of the impact of outreach: proposed standards of evaluation practice and associated guidance’ can be accessed here: https://www.offa.org.uk/egp/improving-evaluation-outreach/…
Three quarters of Sutton Trust summer school students win places at top universities
…run at seven leading universities: Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, Imperial, Nottingham, St Andrews and UCL. More details at https://www.suttontrust.com/programmes/uk-summer-school-2/ Oxford University was part of the programme up until 2010 and now…
Open your doors to all, Sir Peter Lampl urges private day schools
…contribution to our economy and society.” NOTE TO EDITORS To read more about Open Access and Belvedere, read the Sutton Trust reportOpen Access: Democratising entry to Independent Day Schools athttps://www.suttontrust.com/public/documents/1open-access-report-march-2012-final.pdf…
Personal statements help independent school students “stand out from the crowd”
…309 personal statements, all of which were submitted to the same department of the same leading university by students with the same A-level results. His report is available at https://www.suttontrust.com/our-work/research….
Milburn report “a wake-up call” on social mobility
…comparing apprenticeships internationally and recommending a big expansion of advanced apprenticeships in England was published today. The report Real Apprenticeships is available at the Sutton Trust website at https://www.suttontrust.com/researcharchive/real-apprenticeships-2/ …