…compared with English. It is worth noting that we used a more detailed breakdown of courses than most previous studies, so we are able to examine average earnings for some…
Andrew Wathey: time for the taught master’s to shine?
…this in salaries. Work by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Sutton Trust on the earnings premium (used in the Autumn Statement) shows that master’s graduates earn…
Post-graduate loans will help low and middle income students
…paper Postgraduate Premium by Joanne Lindley and Stephen Machin which examines the relationship between postgraduate qualifications and levels of social mobility in the UK and USA compared to other countries….
Private school graduates earn more
Alison Kershaw of the Press Association quotes the Sutton Trust in her coverage of an IFS report on the private school premium. University graduates who attended private school earn thousands…
Parliament and Policy: September 2014
…child the chance to succeed is precisely why Liberal Democrats in government have prioritised the pupil premium, which is now providing an extra £2.5 billion to support disadvantaged children. This…
Why we all need to work on better careers advice
…to careers advice. One or two of us were old enough to remember being presented with the stark choice: “It’s either the pit or the steelworks for you lad.” I…