…by the age of 42, a report reveals. The “wage premium” comes from getting better A levels leading to top-notch universities. They will take home around £193,700 more on average…
Private schools have more to offer their pupils
…would be interested to ponder what that money could achieve if spread around the existing state system but ponder this: are you confident of eradicating privilege in the education system?…
New outreach programme to boost equality in Medicine
The Sutton Trust and Imperial are working together on Pathways to Medicine. Imperial has launched a pioneering outreach programme to guide school students along a 3 year journey to medical…
Top schools and colleges ‘tightening grip’ on Oxbridge places
…many students to Oxbridge in one academic year as 1,800 state schools put together, new research has revealed. According to an analysis by the Sutton Trust, three independent schools –…
Elite schools fill Oxbridge places
…supplied 260 Oxbridge entrants in 2011/12 – the same number as 1,800 state schools across England. Read the full article here. Read Lee Elliot Major’s blog on this issue here….
Most students still want to go to university
…from 14% (one in seven) last year to 18% (nearly one in five) this year. The proportion of boys who say that they are either very or fairly likely to…