Richard Vaughan cites Justine Greening’s speech at the Carnegie-Sutton Trust ‘Best in Class 2018 Summit’ in an article for The i. Employers should give preferential treatment to a candidate from…
Perpetuating the existing order?
…As a result, I gained acceptance to Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, and I am now completing my second year majoring in political science and education. However, I originally grew…
Democratising apprenticeship access
…with apprenticeship opportunities at some of the UK’s most exciting companies. They deliver training through a combination of 1:1 coaching and cutting-edge tech, offering apprenticeships that genuinely rival the learning…
Where are the lost part-timers?
Claire Callender unpicks the key findings from Sutton Trust latest research investigating the decline in part-time students. The 2012/13 tuition fee hikes in England resulted in more than 43,000 ‘lost’…
The effect of GCSE reforms: Have they widened the disadvantage gap?
…grade 4/C boundary. While this has always been the expected standard for 16-year-olds, the government now refer to it as a “standard pass”, ignoring the fact that grades 3-1 are…
GCSE reforms have led to slight widening of attainment gap, but overall impact is small
…that during the period of the reforms, test scores for disadvantaged pupils fell slightly compared to their classmates, by just over a quarter of a grade across nine subjects. Reforms…