…in this term. So far I haven’t made use of private tuition – another paid for out of school activity that is surprisingly common in my neighbourhood. Where we live,…
Taste of university life leads to full-time experience for 23 new students
LSE will welcome 23 new undergraduate students from under-represented backgrounds in October as part of its ongoing commitment to make university education more accessible. The incoming students have all taken…
We need the best postgrads, not just the richest
…the future. At the same time, the higher wage premium – around £5500 a year more on average, or £200,000 across a working lifetime, compared to a £100,000 premium for…
Increasing social mobility in UK financial services
…Trust summer school changed all that. Like many of the pupils with modest family backgrounds taking part, this week-long taster of university transformed Thomas’s life. He went on to gain…
A meeting to remember
…widely; Mrs Heinz Kerry also gave us tantalising glimpses into a whole range of areas of her academic, philanthropic and professional life, from her efforts to combat apartheid in South…
Access issues stradle the Atlanic
…school interviewees and almost 60 per cent of those at state schools thought their choice of university would make no difference to future earnings. Similar numbers thought the same about…