From 5-7 July 2012, students selected for the US Summer School programme, joined staff from the Sutton Trust, the Fubright Commission and Pure Potential, for the introductory event held at…
Poor mentoring can be worse than no mentoring, new teachers’ toolkit reveals
…student’s chances. The new Toolkit adds to the list of approaches that research shows are effective at boosting attainment, while comparing their relative cost effectiveness. Each of the following can…
Postgraduates earn £200,000 premium as basic degree no longer enough
…a Bachelor’s degree. Somebody with a Master’s can on average expect to earn £5,500 more a year – or over £200,000 more over a 40 year working life – than…
Sutton trust: prep schools provide four times more grammar school entrants than FSM pupils
…grammar schools are entitled to free school meals, whereas 12.7% of entrants come from outside the state sector, largely from independent schools. By contrast, around 16% of pupils are eligible…
At least a quarter of access gap to top universities “not due to academic achievement” – Sutton Trust research
…Education at the University of London, shows that children with professional parents are around three times more likely than those with working class parents to be admitted to Russell Group…
Graduates paying off student loans into their 50s – IFS/Sutton Trust
…£1,500 a year throughout their forties. (See note 3.) Even by age 50 they will still owe around £32,000, though any remaining debts will be written off one year later….