…commitment – to start off on low or no pay in sports journalism. She claimed, “There is a reason not everyone makes it in this business,” and that she didn’t…
Sutton Trust and EEF response to education recovery package
…Evidence also suggests tuition should be additional to, but explicitly linked with, normal teaching, and that teachers should monitor progress to ensure the tutoring is beneficial. Tutoring should be delivered…
Young peoples’ prospects impacted by Covid and new Employer Guidance from Sutton Trust
…to think about what more can be done to shift the dial on Social Mobility. The Social Mobility Commission’s dedicated Employers’ Programme spans high level engagement with employers, in-depth guidance…
Knowing the right people more important than a university degree
…social and ethnic background. University was deemed less important for young people from the least affluent families (61% compared with 67% in ‘high affluence’ households), and white pupils (62% compared…
Old school ties? The educational background of Boris Johnson’s cabinet
…person in that role to have attended a state comprehensive. How does the new cabinet compare to previous cabinets? Although the privately educated proportion of Johnson’s cabinet is considerably higher…
Britain’s most powerful people 5 times more likely to go to private school
…2014, when 22 per cent of then Labour leader Ed Miliband’s shadow cabinet were privately educated. Of current MPs in the House of Commons in 2017, 29% come from a…