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Students support striking lecturers with cake and biscuits as unions cripple universities with 50,000-strong walkout
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Strikes Pay Pensions Working class
  • Feb 14, 2022
Help poor children write, says Ian Rankin
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Writing Working class
  • Aug 31, 2021
Recognising the intersectionality of poverty and race is critical to advancing educational outcomes
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Education outcomes Disadvantaged pupils Coronavirus Working class Attainment gap Racial disparity
  • Apr 8, 2021
White working class pupils and the CRED report
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Racism Racial disparity Working class
  • Apr 3, 2021
Race review chief reveals his schools plan to help white working-class boys
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Working class Disadvantaged pupils Attainment gap Ethnic minorities
  • Mar 30, 2021
Are low expectations holding back disadvantaged pupils in the north?
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Disadvantaged pupils Attainment gap Working class Regional inequality
  • Feb 17, 2021
Poverty not ethnicity the reason for underperformance of working-class white students, says minister
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Underperformance Attainment gap Poverty Ethnicity Working class
  • Feb 10, 2021
Could the pandemic make the video games industry even more white and middle-class?
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Gaming Ethnic minorities BAME Working class
  • Feb 8, 2021
White teens in former industrial towns ‘among least likely to go to university’
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Working class University access Widening participation Tertiary education
  • Jan 26, 2021
White students who are left behind: the importance of place
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Widening participation University access Disadvantaged students Working class
  • Jan 26, 2021
Poor white teens in 'left behind' towns not going to uni
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Working class Disadvantaged University access Widening participation Attainment
  • Jan 26, 2021
‘Left-behind’ white working class shun university places
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University access Widening participation Disadvantaged students Working class
  • Jan 26, 2021
Only a quarter of working-class children doing five hours of schoolwork a day in lockdown
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Coronavirus Online learning Working class Laptops Digital devices Disadvantaged pupils Attainment gap Life chances
  • Jan 21, 2021
Our university was accused of a failure to let in white working class boys: The reality is more complex
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Working class University admissions
  • Dec 4, 2020
Assisted places scheme helps few working class pupils – archive, 2 December 1985
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School admissions School places Working class Disadvantaged pupils
  • Dec 2, 2020
9:30 a.m. - Education Committee will hear evidence about the effect of home environment on white working-class educational achievement
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Education Committee Education outcomes Working class Attainment
  • Dec 1, 2020
Education Committee to hold session on the effect of home environment on white working-class educational achievement
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Education Committee Working class Education outcomes Academic achievement
  • Nov 27, 2020
Neglect of white working class children in the UK is a national disgrace
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Working class Attainment gap Education outcomes Social mobility
  • Nov 23, 2020
Toxic idea of male privilege is holding back the life chances of white working-class-boys
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Working class Boys Life chances Disadvantaged Attainment
  • Nov 19, 2020
Poor parenting in white working class families to blame for low aspirations, MPs told
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Working class Aspirations Social mobility Education outcomes
  • Nov 17, 2020
9:30 a.m. - Education Committee will hear evidence on educational outcomes of left behind white pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
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Education Committee Working class Education outcomes Disadvantaged pupils
  • Nov 17, 2020
Education Committee to hold roundtable on educational outcomes for white working-class pupils
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Education Committee Accountability Working class Education outcomes
  • Nov 13, 2020
9:30 a.m. - Education Committee will hear evidence on left behind white pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
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Coronavirus Regional inequality Attainment gap Life chances Working class
  • Nov 3, 2020
Impact of place on white working-class pupils and the importance of early years provision examined
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Working class Regional inequality Attainment gap Life chances
  • Oct 28, 2020
Who exactly is this white working class?
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Working class
  • Oct 19, 2020
White working class boys are the most deprived in Britain
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Working class Privilege Deprived areas Attainment gap Underachievement
  • Oct 17, 2020
The pernicious doctrine of 'white privilege' holds back children of all colours
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Working class Privilege Attainment gap Underachievement
  • Oct 15, 2020
Talk of ‘white privilege’ is divisive drivel | Iain Martin
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Working class Privilege Attainment gap Underachievement
  • Oct 15, 2020
White working-class boys will fall even further behind if they’re told to apologise for ‘white privilege’
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Working class Privilege Attainment gap Underachievement
  • Oct 14, 2020
Don’t ask working-class boys to apologise for ‘white privilege’, experts warn
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Working class Privilege Attainment gap Underachievement
  • Oct 14, 2020
Concept of 'white privilege' will make white working class children suffer even more in school
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Working class Privilege Attainment gap Underachievement
  • Oct 13, 2020
White working-class pupils suffering due to 'status deficit', MPs told
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Working class Attainment gap Privilege Underachievement
  • Oct 13, 2020
White working class boys will continue to be left behind because 'white privilege' suggests they are the problem
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Working class Privilege Attainment gap Underachievement
  • Oct 13, 2020
'Elitist curriculum not serving white working classes'
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Working class Privilege Attainment gap Underachievement
  • Oct 13, 2020
‘Nonsensical’ to teach white privilege to working-class
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Working class Privilege Underachievement
  • Oct 13, 2020
Committee to hold session on the educational outcomes for white working-class pupils
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Education Committee Education outcomes Working class Underachievement
  • Oct 9, 2020
Gavin Williamson vows to correct 'shocking' lack of white working class boys at universities
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Tertiary education University places Working class Boys
  • Oct 5, 2020
Gavin Williamson says it's a 'shocking disgrace' so few white working class boys go to university
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Tertiary education University places Working class Boys
  • Oct 5, 2020
Black working-class pupils unfairly excluded in England, thinktank warns
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Working class Ethnicity Pupil exclusions Criminalisation Discrimination Racial inequality
  • Sep 28, 2020
Boris Johnson's racial inequality commission to look at school struggles of white working class boys
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Racial inequality Working class Boys Pupil performance
  • Jun 15, 2020
Working class children will suffer the most if they don't return to class, writes Justine Greening
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Coronavirus School reopening Working class Unions Justine Greening
  • May 19, 2020
Navigating the aspiration trap: white working-class students and widening access to higher education
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Tertiary education Widening participation University access Working class
  • Apr 21, 2020
Inquiry into white working class pupils’ underachievement is not 'racist', select committee chair says
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Pupil performance Academic achievement Working class
  • Apr 17, 2020
Left behind white pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
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Disadvantaged pupils Attainment gap Working class
  • Apr 17, 2020
Lords to debate educational opportunities
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Working class Educational opportunities
  • Mar 4, 2020
How to make universities more inclusive? Hire more working-class academics
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Inclusion Academics Working class Widening participation
  • Feb 27, 2020
The plight of white working class boys is a 'taboo subject' in Westminster
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Working class Boys Academic achievement Attainment gap
  • Feb 13, 2020
It's time to give white, working class boys a fair shot in life
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Boys Working class Academic achievement Attainment gap
  • Feb 12, 2020
Muslim school chief vows to help white working-class boys
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Gender gap Attainment gap Working class
  • Feb 11, 2020
Is Britain failing its white working class boys?
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Working class Boys Social mobility
  • Feb 5, 2020
Thousands of pupils let down by schools in north of England
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Working class North-south divide Social mobility Michael Wilshaw
  • Jan 26, 2020
A culture of low aspiration wrecks the hopes of both white and black working class kids
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Working class Aspiration
  • Jan 6, 2020
Charity to transform prospects of white working class boys
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Disadvantaged pupils Boys Working class Academic performance
  • Jan 6, 2020
Poor black pupils’ charity opens up to white children
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Charity Working class
  • Jan 5, 2020
Poor white working class boys - spot the double standards?
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Working class Gender inequality Social inequality Academic achievement University admissions
  • Jan 3, 2020
Are working-class students and academics avoiding top universities?
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Working class Social inequality
  • Oct 21, 2019
The quest to limit aspiration in working-class children
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Aspiration Working class
  • Oct 11, 2019
Hardship, not lack of ambition, is what holds back working-class children | Jade Azim & Tara O'Reilly
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Working class Ambition
  • Oct 2, 2019
Why are working class kids passed over for top jobs?
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Working class Elitism Graduate employment Employability
  • Jul 30, 2019
State-school kids who rose to the top in universities
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Private education Working class
  • Jul 16, 2019
The lawyer who wants more academics to ‘come out’ as working class
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Academics Working class Diversity
  • Jul 9, 2019
Drive for working-class vote could push next PM to change HE stance
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Working class Politics
  • Jun 13, 2019
Working-class academics are not disadvantaged
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Working class Academics Disadvantaged
  • May 29, 2019
'Swallow your pride and ask for help', first-time students told
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Student support Mature students Ethnic minorities Working class
  • May 29, 2019
Beware ‘lazy typecasting’ of working-class pupils
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Working class Disadvantaged pupils Languages Narrow curriculum Subject choice Scotland
  • May 20, 2019
Working-class discrimination is the weed in Plato’s garden
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Discrimination Working class Academics
  • Mar 26, 2019
Working-class academics ‘face discrimination throughout careers’
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Academics Working class Discrimination
  • Mar 25, 2019
Universities are accused of failing working-class white males as number of black and ethnic minorities students soars
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University admissions BAME Working class
  • Mar 17, 2019
Can I succeed as a working-class academic?
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Working class Academics Researchers
  • Mar 7, 2019
Harry's story shows the challenge of illiteracy
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Literacy Working class
  • Mar 7, 2019
So-called character education is 'offensive' to working class
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Character education Working class
  • Feb 28, 2019
Classroom reforms won't be enough to help working class white boys close the gap
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Working class Attainment gap Gender gap Education reforms
  • Feb 25, 2019
EHRC: Struggling working class white boys should be given extra help
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Working class Equality Gender gap Pupil support Disadvantaged pupils
  • Feb 25, 2019
England lacks white working-class graduates. Quick fixes won’t change that | Phil McDuff
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Working class Inequality Social mobility University access Widening participation
  • Feb 18, 2019
The universities where less than five per cent of places go to working-class white students
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Disadvantaged students Working class Social mobility University access University admissions
  • Feb 15, 2019
Fewer than 5% of poor white students in 50% of universities
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University admissions University access Disadvantaged students Working class
  • Feb 14, 2019
Oxford and Cambridge have fewer than 3% poor white students, study finds
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Disadvantaged students Social mobility Working class Equality University access
  • Feb 14, 2019
Half of universities in England have fewer than 5% poor white students
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Disadvantaged students Student recruitment Social mobility Working class
  • Feb 14, 2019
The class pay gap: why it pays to be privileged
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Social mobility Privilege Careers Working class Educational attainment
  • Feb 7, 2019
The danger of labelling pupils as "working class"
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Working class
  • Jan 31, 2019
In the news 18 January 2019
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University applications Exam results A-levels University access Colleges Pay Strikes Unions Funding Grade inflation Retraining Working class Redundancies Highbury College Nigeria
  • Jan 18, 2019
Access hurdles facing white working-class males ‘overblown’
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University access Working class Gender gap Ethnic minorities University admissions
  • Jan 8, 2019
UK universities must recruit more white working class students or face the punishment, education secretary warns
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Student recruitment Working class University access Disadvantaged students
  • Dec 12, 2018
More children of working families falling into poverty
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Poverty Disadvantaged Working class
  • Dec 6, 2018
How working-class children ended up paying for the financial crisis | Owen Jones
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Working class Special needs SEND Funding Disadvantaged pupils
  • Dec 6, 2018
Why coming out as working class was harder than coming out as gay
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Working class Gay Academics Discrimination
  • Nov 13, 2018
GCSE textbook saying working-class pupils lack right attitudes to succeed to be rewritten
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Textbooks Working class GCSEs
  • Oct 18, 2018
Michael Young: fighting for working class students’ access to knowledge
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Working class Guardian UCL
  • Oct 16, 2018
Poor white boys also need help in classroom, says Damian Hinds
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Educational inequality Ethnic groups Minorities Boys Gender gap Working class
  • Oct 8, 2018
Now I'm an Oxford student, am I still working class?
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Oxford University Working class Students
  • Oct 2, 2018
Searching for the Hartlepool Promise: One austerity-hit coastal town’s battle for its schools
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Working class Disadvantaged pupils
  • Sep 21, 2018
Taking pride in working-class roots in Britain’s universities | Letters
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Working class Academia Universities
  • Sep 10, 2018
Working-class lecturers should come out of the closet | Melanie Reynolds
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Working class Students Lecturers
  • Sep 10, 2018
Eddie Marsan: I know how hard it is for working-class actors to succeed. We can change that
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Drama Working class
  • Aug 14, 2018
How to maintain progress on social mobility
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Social mobility Working class
  • Jul 12, 2018
Iain Duncan Smith says it's time we rescued the deprived ethnic group that's stayed under the radar
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Working class Boys
  • Jun 24, 2018
British working class children ‘lack drive’ of migrant families, Ofsted chief says
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Ofsted Amanda Spielman Working class
  • Jun 22, 2018
Ofsted chief: families of white working-class children 'lack drive' of migrants
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Ofsted Amanda Spielman Working class
  • Jun 22, 2018
White, working class pupils ‘lack drive of migrant families’ because they have borne the brunt of economic dislocation, says head of Ofsted
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Working class Disadvantaged pupils Aspirations Academic achievement
  • Jun 22, 2018
Families of white working-class children 'lack drive' of migrants
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Working class Disadvantaged pupils Academic achievement Aspirations
  • Jun 21, 2018
Ofsted chief says poor white communities lack 'aspiration and drive'
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Disadvantaged pupils Working class Aspirations School performance
  • Jun 21, 2018
Spielman: 'White working class lack migrants' drive'
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Working class Aspirations Ofsted inspections
  • Jun 21, 2018
Schools in white working-class areas are worse because they 'lack the aspiration and drive' of migrant communities, Ofsted boss says
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Working class Aspirations Ofsted ratings Motivation Secondary Academic performance
  • Jun 21, 2018
The working class: Poverty, education and alternative voices by Ian Gilbert
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Working class Social mobility
  • May 27, 2018
Poor white schools 'destroyed' by rankings
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Rankings League tables Working class Exams Secondary
  • May 25, 2018
Manifesto idea #5: Anne-Marie Canning
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University access Working class Funding Widening participation
  • May 15, 2018
White working-class boys in England 'need more help' to go to university
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Working class Gender gap Widening participation University access
  • May 10, 2018
Ensure students have the money to live
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Student unions Finances Student loans Working class Poverty Disadvantaged students
  • Apr 23, 2018
Students should receive minimum living income to overcome poverty, says report
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Student unions Post-16 Finances Working class Disadvantaged students Poverty
  • Apr 23, 2018
#ClassDismissed NUS Poverty Commission report - Sectorresponse
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Student unions Poverty Post-16 Disadvantaged students Working class
  • Apr 23, 2018
Post-16 education sector ‘profiting’ from class divide, says NUS
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Post-16 Working class Grants Disadvantaged students
  • Apr 23, 2018
NUS calls for ‘minimum living income’ for post-16 students
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Post-16 Student unions Poverty Disadvantaged students Working class Funding
  • Apr 23, 2018
University costs working-class students more, says NUS report
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Working class Poverty premium Finances Student loans
  • Apr 23, 2018
NUS: 'Working-class students face poverty'
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Student unions Working class Poverty Student loans Disadvantaged students
  • Apr 23, 2018
Progress 8 ‘penalises schools in white working class communities’, study shows
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Progress 8 Working class Accountability Disadvantaged Ofsted
  • Apr 13, 2018
People at university are making fun of my working-class roots. Do I try to change or stay true to who I am?
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Working class Social mobility Social integration Diversity
  • Mar 28, 2018
Study 'explodes myth' that poor families have lower ambitions for their children
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Disadvantaged pupils Poverty Social mobility North-south divide Working class Attainment
  • Mar 27, 2018
What is the best way to close the attainment gap?
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Attainment gap Disadvantaged pupils Underachievement Working class Primary Secondary
  • Mar 23, 2018
What's it like to work in the civil service if you're working class?
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Working class Private schools
  • Mar 16, 2018
The fight for education doesn’t stop when working-class boys get into university
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Working class University admissions Underachievement Gender gap Boys
  • Mar 9, 2018
Scotland: Disadvantaged students ‘put off by St Andrews red gown rituals’
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Scotland Disadvantaged students St Andrews Working class
  • Mar 8, 2018
Born to fail? No. But working class children do need help to succeed
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Working class Disadvantaged pupils Attainment gap Equality Primary Secondary
  • Mar 2, 2018
As a working-class student, I know degree pricing would entrench elitism | Ellie Fry
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Tuition fees Working class Elitism Disadvantaged students
  • Feb 21, 2018
Working-class teenagers more likely to apply for university with vocational qualifications
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Working class University applications Vocational qualifications Access
  • Jan 29, 2018
Half of white working-class and black British students in England get into university with vocational qualifications such as BTECs
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Working class University admissions Vocational qualifications BTECs University access
  • Jan 29, 2018
Number of white people accepted at universities drops despite overall rise in UK students
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Student numbers Ethnicity Working class University admissions University applications
  • Jan 11, 2018
Professor Green: white working-class boys becoming more disengaged
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Working class Boys Disadvantaged pupils
  • Jan 7, 2018
Corbyn ally Angela Rayner admits poor white boys have suffered from Labour’s obsession with women and minorities
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Angela Rayner Minorities Boys Working class Social mobility Discrimination
  • Jan 4, 2018
Labour: 'Tackling sex and race discrimination has left white working-class boys' results behind'
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Working class Boys Discrimination Performance
  • Jan 4, 2018
White working class boys 'at bottom of heap' because of focus on minorities and women
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Working class Boys Social mobility Widening access Discrimination
  • Jan 4, 2018
White working-class boys should be more aspirational, says Labour minister
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Working class Gender inequality Aspirations Disadvantaged pupils Social mobility
  • Jan 3, 2018
‘Working-class children get less of everything in education - including respect’
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Working class Social mobility Disadvantaged pupils Social inequality Segregation Funding Free school meals Primary schools Secondary schools University admissions Elitism
  • Nov 21, 2017
NUS president Shakira Martin: ‘This goes way beyond tuition fees. We are talking about class’
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Guardian Universities NUS Student unions Tuition fees Working class Student support
  • Sep 11, 2017
Working class and BAME? Here’s how not to feel like an impostor at uni | Poppy Noor
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Guardian Universities BAME Working class Racism Inequality
  • Sep 11, 2017
Maintenance debt weighs on my mind as a poorer student
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Guardian Universities Maintenance loans Student debt Student loans Working class
  • Sep 7, 2017
Les Ebdon: ‘We need a step change on widening access‘
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Guardian Widening access Universities Disadvantaged students OFFA BME Attainment gap Mature students Working class
  • Sep 6, 2017
New 'buddy' system for Oxford University's working class students
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Telegraph Universities Oxford University Working class Student support
  • Aug 30, 2017
EPI response to analysing family circumstances and education consultation
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EPI Disadvantaged pupils Working class Pupil premium Funding
  • Jul 28, 2017
Theresa May calls on Jeremy Corbyn to apologise for working class students claim
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PoliticsHome Politics Universities Student debt Tuition fees Disadvantaged students Working class UCAS University applications
  • Jul 19, 2017
Headteacher who knew the danger of his dialect | Letters
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Guardian Headteachers Language Working class Grammar Speech
  • Jul 16, 2017
It is becoming increasingly impossible for universities to justify the current level of tuition fees
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FE News Universities Tuition fees Working class Student debt Disadvantaged students OFFA Free tuition Politics
  • Jul 13, 2017
Labour education chief admits Jeremy Corbyn was wrong on working class uni claim
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PoliticsHome Univiersities Politics Disadvantaged students University applications Working class Part-time students Mature students Drop-out rates Student loans Student debt Maintenance grants IfS Graduates
  • Jul 9, 2017
Corbyn needs a tutorial on student fees
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Times Politics Universities Tuition fees Working class Student loans Student debt
  • Jul 5, 2017
Maybe scrapping tuition fees would be regressive. Perhaps we should do it anyway
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New Statesman Tuition fees Universities Free tuition Politics Social mobility Student debt Working class
  • Jul 4, 2017
Analysis: 'Dumbing down' myths scotched by university scheme to widen access to medicine
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Herald Scotland Universities Scotland Widening access Medical Disadvantaged students Working class
  • Jun 29, 2017
Conservative's 'ordinary working class family' grammar school claim is ‘statistical jiggery-pokery’
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SecEd Politics Working class Grammar schools Selective education Free school meals Pupil premium
  • Jun 7, 2017
General Election 2017: an analysis of manifesto plans for education
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EPI Politics Funding Early years Nurseries Primary schools Baseline assessment Progress School performance National funding formula NFF School admissions Tertiary education Working class Free school meals UIFSM Grammar schools Social mobility SEND Special needs 16-18 11-16 Attainment Tuition fees Universities Free tuition EYPP Early years pupil premium Teachers' pay Teacher recruitment Retention CPD School improvement
  • May 26, 2017
Evidence of intent
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Sutton Trust Politics Grammar schools Free school meals Funding Poverty Free breakfasts Academic performance Primary schools Universities Tuition fees Free tuition Maintenance grants IfS Disadvantaged students Part-time students Student loans Student debt Working class School admissions Internships Budgets Teacher recruitment
  • May 26, 2017
Pass or fail: election manifesto education policies analysed
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TES Politics Early years Funding Grammar schools EPI Working class Outcomes Attainment 8 Free school meals Pupil premium Primary schools Nurseries Baseline assessment Progress School performance National funding formula NFF School admissions Universities Tuition fees Free tuition SEN Special needs 16-18 Mental health Class sizes Teachers' pay Attainment CPD Teachers Tertiary education
  • May 26, 2017
900,000 children from ‘just about managing’ families hit by Tory free lunch cuts
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PoliticsHome JAMs Disadvantaged pupils Politics Free school meals Breakfast clubs Primary schools EPI Poverty Working class Private schools School fees VAT
  • May 21, 2017
Grammar schools fail to help middle-income families
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IoE Grammar schools Working class Selective education Research Assessments Universities Outcomes JAMs Disadvantaged pupils Affluence
  • May 19, 2017
Theresa May's grim Tory propaganda is exposed by the destruction of our education system
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Mirror Politics Funding Headteachers Working class State schools Redundancies Teachers Class sizes Narrow curriculum School fees
  • Apr 27, 2017
What PISA tells us about pupils from ordinary working families
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Education Datalab PISA Working class DfE GCSEs Grading Pupil premium OECD
  • Apr 20, 2017
New grammars can spur social mobility
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Mail Grammar schools Social mobility Selective schools Working class Disadvantaged pupils Primary schools Secondary schools
  • Apr 14, 2017
Put families who earn less than £33,000 first in the queue, new grammars are to be told as part of Education Secretary's reforms
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Mail Grammar schools Working class Education reforms Access Disadvantaged pupils
  • Apr 14, 2017
'One rule for them' Labour MP squirms over top schools chosen by party's senior figures
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Express Grammar schools Politics Social mobility Selective schools Working class
  • Apr 13, 2017
Greening: Schools will not need to track ‘ordinary working families’
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Schools Week Justine Greening Working class DfE Free school meals Disadvantaged pupils Pupil premium Grammar schools
  • Apr 13, 2017
New grammar schools must help 'ordinary working families', Justine Greening claims
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Express Grammar schools Justine Greening Working class Disadvantaged pupils Selective schools Affluence Education reforms
  • Apr 13, 2017
Justine Greening: New grammar schools must take more pupils from poor families
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Mail Grammar schools Justine Greening Working class Disadvantaged pupils Affluence Attainment
  • Apr 13, 2017
Daily roundup 13 April: Playground closures, grammar schools, and child sexual exploitation
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CYPN Playgrounds Closures Grammar schools Working class Physical activity
  • Apr 13, 2017
Justine Greening: Grammar schools must do more to take pupils from 'ordinary working families'
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  • Apr 13, 2017
Grammar schools admission policy is a 'distraction'
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PoliticsHome Grammar schools NASUWT Working class Unions Selective schools Affluence Teacher shortage School places Funding
  • Apr 13, 2017
Sir Peter Lampl responds to Justine Greening’s speech
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Sutton Trust Justine Greening Grammar schools Disadvantaged pupils Working class Social mobility Social selection
  • Apr 13, 2017
The government is committed to delivering a policy for the few at the expense of the many, says NAHT
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NAHT Justine Greening Working class Selective education Social mobility
  • Apr 13, 2017
Grammar schools
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NUT Grammar schools Justine Greening Social mobility Disadvantaged pupils Working class
  • Apr 13, 2017
Justine Greening's speech smacks of desperation
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ASCL Justine Greening Selective schools Working class School admissions Funding
  • Apr 13, 2017
Grammar schools must serve 'ordinary families'
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BBC Grammar schools Working class Disadvantaged pupils Free school meals Pupil premium Selective education JAMs School admissions
  • Apr 13, 2017
Greening targets 'ordinary families' in grammar schools drive
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Guardian Grammar schools Working class Free school meals Disadvantaged pupils Selective education JAMs
  • Apr 13, 2017
Greening: Grammar schools already take 'many ordinary working-class' pupils
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TES Grammar schools Working class DfE Justine Greening Disadvantaged pupils Free school meals
  • Apr 13, 2017
What is an ordinary working person? PM's grammar schools report has the answer | Larry Elliot
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Guardian Grammar schools Working class Free school meals Pupil premium Disadvantaged pupils
  • Apr 13, 2017
Greening defends grammars in speech about ‘ordinary working class’ children
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Schools Week Grammar schools Working class Justine Greening Selective schools Disadvantaged pupils Free school meals School admissions
  • Apr 13, 2017
Tories vow to help struggling families and suburbs with wave of grammars: Education Secretary to say schools should be 'truly open to all'
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Mail Grammar schools Working class Disadvantaged pupils School admissions Free school meals
  • Apr 13, 2017
DfE consults over its focus on pupils from 'ordinary working families'
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TES DfE Working class Social mobility JAMs Disadvantaged pupils Special needs
  • Apr 12, 2017
Government consults on definition of ‘ordinary working families’
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Schools Week Working class DfE Disadvantaged pupils Free school meals Special needs
  • Apr 12, 2017
‘Ordinary working families’ won’t get access to grammar schools – and government data confirms as much
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Education Datalab Grammar schools Working class Selective schools Affluence
  • Apr 12, 2017
Angela Rayner: New grammar schools plan an 'ideological attack on working class'
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PoliticsHome Grammar schools Working class Budget Free schools Funding Academic selection Transport Disadvantaged pupils School places
  • Mar 7, 2017
Universities must listen to the voices of working class students
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Huffington Post HE Universities Working class Social integration
  • Feb 2, 2017

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