…emotions on graduation day: elation, relief and apprehension about their post-university future. Whilst many students will have battled it out at assessment centres across the country to secure much-coveted graduate…
Poorer students likely to live at home
…today in a report that also finds that more than half of students go to university less than 55 miles from their family home. The prevalence of ‘commuter students’ is…
PRIME 2018: Building diversity in law
…was delivered by Lord Holmes’ keynote speech at the 2018 PRIME Conference. His story is inspiring. Chris came from a state comprehensive in a town outside Birmingham. He lost his…
Ministerial mobility
…social mobility, though some of his solutions may be different. Those changes were part of a wider reshuffle which has tilted the composition of cabinet meetings a bit more privately…
SOCIAL MOBILITY ACTION PLAN RESPONSE
Commenting on Justine Greening’s plans to improve social mobility and a new action plan launched today, Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation,…
‘More apprenticeships is a good thing—but it’s time to look at the quality’
…people. This should emphasise the benefits of apprenticeships and should be communicated more widely in schools. The Sutton Trust will be campaigning through 2018 so that in future anyone completing…