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Sutton Trust welcomes growth in disadvantaged students applying to university but warns significant gap still persists
Dr Lee Elliot Major comments on USCAS research on disadvantaged pupils applying to university.
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Summer schools aim to dispel state school teachers’ Oxbridge misconceptions
New polling released by the Sutton Trust finds over 40% of teachers in state secondary schools say they would rarely or never advise academically-gifted pupils to apply to Oxbridge.
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Access gap at top unis is still ten-fold, as poll shows support for lower fees for students from lower income families
Students from the most advantaged areas are nearly 10 times more likely to take up a place at a top university than those from the most disadvantaged areas, according to a new report by the Independent Commission on Fees.
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2 in 3 pupils say they may opt for apprenticeship
The Daily Mail cover today’s new polling of teacher and young people views on apprenticeships.
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Teachers unlikely to advise apprenticeships
New polling shows a growing number of young people are interested in apprenticeships, but teachers are still unlikely to advise their pupils for one.
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Just Like ’66
As England’s World Cup journey continues, Sutton Trust CEO Lee Elliot Major finds that England’s footballers are mainly Northern, state educated – but not summer born
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£50M FOR GRAMMARS
Lynn Davidson quotes Sutton Trust Founder Sir Peter Lampl in an article for the Sun on the newly announced funding for grammar schools.
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Grammar schools given £50m to take extra pupils
Richard Vaughan cites Sutton Trust research on grammar schools in an article for the I.
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Call for new Oxbridge colleges for disadvantaged students
Director of Research and Communications Conor Ryan is quoted in coverage of the latest HEPI report in the BBC.
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GRAMMARS EXPANSION RESPONSE
Sir Peter Lampl comments on the news that the Department for Education will launch a Selective Schools Expansion Fund.