How England’s scrapped Sure Start centres boosted the health and education of disadvantaged children: Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock The Sure Start programme was launched in 1999, with centres set up in communities across England to offer support to the most disadvantaged families. These centres had significant investment and a broad remit that focused on improving the lives of …
The Turing scheme was supposed to help more disadvantaged UK students study abroad – but they may still be losing out: Kichigin/Shutterstock The loss of access for UK university students to the Erasmus+ scheme – a Europe-wide exchange programme that offers students the opportunity and funding to study or work abroad for up to a year …
A free messaging app seemed useful for disadvantaged South African students: why they didn’t agree: South African higher education is plagued by inequalities due to the social and economic legacies of apartheid. More than 50% of enrolment in higher education is from black, working-class, disadvantaged households from rural areas who depend on state-funded student aid. …
GCSE results 2023: how the qualification is failing disadvantaged young people: All the teenagers collecting their GCSE results this year have overcome significant difficulties. Their secondary school education has been thrown into upheaval by COVID-19: they have faced cancelled classes, have had to learn from home, have dealt with the social isolation and uncertainty of …
Foundation year courses are about to become cheaper – but this could make it harder for disadvantaged students to go to university: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock The UK government has announced that the maximum tuition fee for foundation years in English universities will be cut from £9,250 to £5,760. The reduction will apply to all classroom-based courses, such …
Disadvantaged students starting courses in 2022 are worse off as a result of COVID – universities must support them: GaudiLab/Shutterstock The A-level results received by students in 2022 should be celebrated as an example of resilience and hard work. The achievements of this cohort have been made despite a global pandemic which affected both their …