Fair access to university ‘decades away’
It will take 40 years to achieve fair access to Scottish Universities for poorer students, says the National Union of Students (NUS). Read the full story,…
It will take 40 years to achieve fair access to Scottish Universities for poorer students, says the National Union of Students (NUS). Read the full story,…
Science graduates the lack skills needed by UK business. The Lords Science and Technology Committee calls for ‘immediate action’. Report chairman Lord Willis said he was “gobsmacked” by figures which…
As the school holidays start a TES/ Education and Employers Taskforce survey shows that 96% of teachers are ‘concerned’ about the future employment prospects of their pupils. See the full…
A total of 89% consultation respondents are in favour retaining Work Related Learning statutory provision which is facing removal by the Government. Read the full consultation document: Consultation report –…
More English teenagers are leaving education without a job to go to. Government statistics show a rise in NEETs. Read the full story. Inspiring the Future can help those who…
Enterprising Minds is a Carnegie UK research project that explores the attitudes of young people to enterprise, education, and the future in a fast changing economy. It incorporates 70,000 unique…
With fees set to hit £9,000 and no rise in the proportion of state school applicants to the top universities, Dr Steven Jones reports on a proposed remedy that may…
Many employers are providing remedial classes for school and college leavers. A third of 542 firms surveyed for the Confederation of British Industry and Pearson were unhappy with youngsters’ literacy…
State school students face a damaging gap in enterprise skills. Education and Employers Taskforce and Pearson Think Tank research shows a huge variation in access to enterprise education. Read the…
Professions such as law, journalism and medicine must do more to widen their intake, the deputy prime minister’s social mobility adviser, Alan Milburn says. There needs to be a bigger…