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Sir Peter Lampl is founder and Chairman of the @SuttonTrust and Chairman of the @EducEndowFoundn.
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I’ve joined the exodus of the wealthy from London, and Sadiq Khan doesn’t care
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I’ve joined the exodus of the wealthy from London, and Sadiq Khan doesn’t care
I could be wrong, but I don't think Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, wants my type in his city. You know the sort I mean: wealth-creating entrepreneurs and philanthropists who need to get around the place rapidly to get their business done. That kind of person. Not so long ago, I used to be able to do a morning's work in my office in Putney, jump in a cab, sprint up to Westminster for a couple of face-to-face meetings, grab a quick business lunch – and then shoot back for an afternoon at my desk.
Britain can’t afford student loans crisis
Going to university in England is eye-wateringly expensive. North of £50,000 of debt lies ahead for just about anyone who leaves home and completes the course. You’re going to need a lot of bang for your degree-certificate buck to make that burden seem worthwhile. Students increasingly can’t afford it. And given that a huge portion of that debt gets paid by the taxpayer, neither can the country. The Government’s recent decision to reintroduce means-tested maintenance grants is welcome.
Unequal school funding hobbles the American dream
The writer is executive chair of the Sutton Trust, a social mobility charity If the American dream promises ascent on merit to those who...
Education has all but disappeared from the election debate
More than 25 years ago, when I was setting up the Sutton Trust, the leader of the opposition, a fresh-faced Tony Blair, was touring the TV studios with a simple message, ‘Education, Education, Education’. And sure enough, during the 1997 election, Labour promised to cut class sizes on their famous pledge card. Unlimited access to spectator.com.au and app The weekly edition on the Spectator Australia app Spectator podcasts and newsletters Full access to spectator.co.uk Or
‘Growing disparity’ between most and least advantaged A-level students
The attainment gap for the highest A-level grades between the north and south of England continues to be larger than it was before the pandemic, although it has narrowed slightly this year, figures show. The North East and Yorkshire & the Humber are the only two regions of England where the proportion of A-level entries awarded the top grades – A* and A – is lower this year than in 2019.
One in five school leavers plans to live at home during university studies
A fifth (20%) of Year 13 students who have either applied or plan to apply to university said they would live at home during term time if they got into their preferred university, while 14% said they had not yet decided, according to the Cosmo (Covid Social Mobility and Opportunities) study. The study has been tracking the lives of a cohort of thousands of young people in England who took A-level exams and equivalent qualifications this summer.
Childcare reforms ‘risk exacerbating inequality’, says report
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced reforms in the Budget in March which will allow some families of children as young as nine months to claim 30 hours of free childcare a week. The Sutton Trust report, conducted by reseachers at RAND Europe, examined the early years systems of a range of countries.
Bright, poor students are being badly failed by Britain’s schools
Britain’s flagging productivity is commonly thought to be the root of the country’s present economic struggles. And as successive governments have painfully discovered – not least Liz Truss’s – there is no quick fix for it. Looking longer-term and investing in the skills of the future workforce satisfies nobody’s desire for instant results. Yet it’s actually the best lever ministers can employ to reverse the slide.
Disadvantaged high attainers achieve ‘one GCSE grade lower’ than affluent peers
The report finds that 62% of non-disadvantaged high attainers got five or more grade 7-9s (the top grades) at GCSE in 2021, compared to 40% of high-potential pupils who were disadvantaged. If the disadvantaged group progressed at the same rate as their peers, there would have been almost 7,000 more achieving top GCSE grades in 2021. Over five years, this amounts to over 28,000 pupils.
Sutton Trust response to BBC grammar schools analysis
Free school meal rates at most grammars are still well below the national average.“In order to improve access schools should prioritise pupil premium and free school meals kids and engage in extensive outreach in primary schools in order to encourage a wide range of applications.Sutton Trust response to BBC grammar schools analysis Commenting on the BBC’s analysis of grammar school admissions, Sir Peter Lampl, founder and Chairman of the Sutton Trust and Chairman of the Education Endowment...
One in four university students ‘more likely to drop out’ due to cost pressures
Over a quarter (28%) of students say they have skipped meals to save on food costs, and students from working class families (33%) were more likely to report skipping meals than their peers, the survey found. The social mobility charity is calling on the Government to review the amount of support available to students so they can afford to take part in courses.
‘Levelling up’ depends on reforming routes into higher education
The writer is founder and chair of the Sutton Trust, the social mobility charity, and chair of the Education Endowment Foundation.
Peter Lampl: To build social justice and get the economy working, schools must open fully in September
Sir Peter Lampl is founder and Chairman of the Sutton Trust and Chairman of the Education Endowment Foundation. Pubs, pubs, pubs. If you were to believe most of the ministerial and media rhetoric during these last few weeks, you would conclude that getting them open was the biggest priority to revive this country post-Coronavirus. While no doubt there are many out there thirsty for a pint, this is a huge distraction.
Conservatives need ambitious opportunity policies to make good on promises
Successive governments have failed to take the bold action needed to ensure that people across the UK can succeed in life regardless of...
Parents still prefer university to apprenticeships
A new survey finds families from wealthier backgrounds are less likely to support apprenticeships for their children Parents are more likely to advise their child to go to university than take a degree-level apprenticeship, with middle-class parents more likely than poorer parents to offer this advice, according to the results of a survey published by the Sutton Trust today.
Apprenticeships not for brightest pupils, say teachers
Two-thirds of secondary school teachers would not recommend apprenticeships to pupils with good grades, a new survey reveals. This is despite the results from the same survey, published today by the Sutton Trust, showing that a similar proportion (64 per cent) of 11- to 16-year-olds would prefer to undertake an apprenticeship rather than go to university if the option was available in their desired career. The education charity shared the findings ahead of its Better Apprenticeships summit today.
Let’s get down to fundamentals | Wonkhe | Policy Watch
The White Paper, as well as rearranging agency deckchairs in the M4 corridor, hits at some of the core underlying principles of how UK degrees are developed and delivered. Behind these headlines, Wonkhe has been thinking about some of the key nudges which could have a significant impact on the way institutions think about some of the basic building blocks of the university. I’m planning a new course.
The challengers (and challenges) in higher education market reform | Wonkhe | Analysis
Competition between providers in any market incentivises them to raise their game, offering consumers a greater choice of more innovative and better quality products and services at lower cost. Higher education is no exception. This is the ministerial credo we have lived with for the last six years, and it has driven a variety of efforts at market reform in English higher education.
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