…own surveys of the backgrounds of leading professionals and the work of Alan Milburn’s Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission have focussed the national gaze on the preponderance of privately…
Record numbers seek UK university places
…was keen to point out that the higher fees had not been a barrier to entry. “There were many who said that the reform of student finance would discourage young…
The real victims of this government’s changes to tuition fees have been forgotten
…later have often come from disadvantaged backgrounds, and higher education offers them the chance of closing the gap. “Many part-time and mature students come from less advantaged backgrounds,” explains Sir…
Leading headteachers urge political parties to improve professional training for teachers
…to as high as 7th, and from 22nd in Maths to as high as 12th. The headteachers drew up their ideas after discussion with colleagues from ten countries at a…
Conor Ryan: University funding challenge
…£21,000. Conservative ministers wanted it to be £18,000, but the LibDems insisted on the higher level. The second was the addition of a real rate of interest. Previously debt rose…
Oxbridge graduates start on £8k more than post-92 alumni
…Oxbridge graduate is £25,582, compared with £18,009 for alumni of new universities. The research, based on data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, puts the mean wage six months after…