Our report analysing the educational backgrounds of the new Parliament is covered by Richard Adams for the Guardian. This article appeared in the print edition of the Guardian. You…
Influx of new MPs means fewer privately educated members than in previous Parliament
Sutton Trust analysis finds over half of MPs in new House of Commons went to comprehensives Some of the data in this press release has been updated. Please visit the…
Comic Strip Presents
…hits and comments. Morris has been swamped with messages from all over the world – Mexico, the UK, France, India, Canada, Thailand, Portugal, Argentina and the US. The illustrator wanted…
A fifth of Oxbridge students come from just five counties
…from the five local education authority areas. ….. Sir Peter Lampl, founder of the Sutton Trust, a charity providing educational opportunities for children from under-privileged backgrounds, said: ‘These figures show…
The Sutton Trust comments on new data from HESA
HESA’s student statistics for 2015 / 16 show a 47% fall over four years in the number of part-time students enrolling in higher education; from 278k in 2011/12 to 148k…
Sir Peter Lampl comments on UCAS’ End of Cycle report
…on to university from the top fifth is increasing at a much faster rate than those from the bottom fifth. “Among this group, the top fifth are ten times as…