England’s universities get most of their income through tuition fees, and they can charge much higher fees to international students.
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Big new accountancy survey highlights the limitations in UK government’s approach to pay gap reporting.
If you happen to grow up in the south of England, you are more likely to actually study A-levels, and will probably end up with better results than if you go to school and study in the north.
By basing their admissions systems on grades, universities are perpetuating social inequality.
The proportion of A* grades has remained the same as 2014 at 8.2%.
Cultural vouchers for poor kids could help them get better A Levels.
The domination of top British universities by people who have attended private schools remains controversial. Defenders of the status quo would argue that successful applicants to Russell Group universities…
In 2013 the former secretary of state for education, Michael Gove, and his minister of state for schools, David Laws, decided to change the A Level qualifications taken by English and Welsh students with…
The UK’s most prestigious universities are repeatedly accused of discriminating against disadvantaged students in favour of those who are deemed to have a social advantage, and particularly those from…
Only 3% of able students from poorer backgrounds are likely to end up at an elite university, according to new research on the impact of education on social mobility. This is compared to 10% of students…
Young people from black British backgrounds are more likely to go to university than their white British peers, but they are much less likely to attend the UK’s most selective universities. As the Independent…
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