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The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland has today (17th June) sent a proposed 'Programme for Government' to all MSPs setting out the action needed to secure further progress on child poverty.

Eighty young people from primary schools in West Lothian came together to celebrate just how much Cost of the School Day work is already happening in schools to reduce the impact of poverty on learners, and to inspire even more action.

Our report, Crossing Paths, explores how geography, gender, and ethnicity all impact opportunities for disadvantaged young people.

New research published today by the Sutton Trust reveals how geography, gender and ethnicity all impact opportunities for disadvantaged young people, with big variations across England.

Start now to build the digital capability evidence your TEF 2027 submission will depend on, beginning with your next student intake.

We set out our commitment to supporting institutions with implementation, through a refreshed Governance Effectiveness Framework, expanded CPD, and targeted institutional support.

Being presented with a large dataset (such as lots of interviews) as a qualitative researcher is a double-edged sword.

It has been an eventful two years being Vice President Higher Education at the National Union of Students.

Heidi Fraser‑Krauss, Chief Executive of Jisc argues that UK university leaders must have a clear conception of their digital maturity in order to make good decisions about future investment.

In partnership with Mission 44, the Centre for Young Lives are today publishing our new report, ‘Ambitious About Inclusion: A Guide to Implementing the Schools White Paper.’

As higher education (HE) educators, we recognise the need to understand Gen Z (born between 1996 and 2012), who now form the majority of university students (Weng, 2024).

Researchers, academics, think tanks and policy institutes can apply for rapid-response funding to examine how the 2026 conflict and disruption to vital shipping routes have impacted and will continue to affect people and businesses in the UK.

Latest Teach First research reveals the stark reality facing England's most disadvantaged pupils — and calls for urgent action.

Learning and Work Institute has evaluated the first year of delivery of Full Potential, the Youth Guarantee Trailblazer delivered by Central London Forward.

UK universities face growing uncertainty in research infrastructure planning, where confidence in decision-making matters as much as the technology choices themselves.

Pupils experiencing persistent disadvantage consistently demonstrate some of the lowest educational outcomes in the system – falling, on average, nearly two years of learning behind their peers by the time they sit their GCSEs.

Pedagogy is always a site of transformation, where knowledge takes on new forms through acts of teaching and learning.

We use Key Stage 2 data for 2025 from the National Pupil Database (NPD). We include all 653,000 pupils at state-funded mainstream and special schools.

In Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings across the world, staff are greeted each morning with hugs, smiles, laughter and occasionally some tears.

Students are increasingly using AI systems to explore university options.

Child poverty campaigners set out programme for Scottish government

'Hear Our Voices on school costs', say children and young people in West Lothian

What drives social mobility? A closer look at Crossing Paths

Young people’s prospects shaped by mix of postcodes, ethnicity and gender

Act now: building digital capability as evidence for TEF 2027

Advance HE welcomes the new CUC Code of Higher Education Governance

Six reasons why human-led qualitative research is safe from AI… for now

My reflections of two years as a student representative in the higher education sector

Why digital maturity matters more than ever

Mission 44 and the Centre for Young Lives publish Ambitious About Inclusion Report

Prensky 2.0: From digital natives to digital navigators: Rethinking Gen Z’s learning journey

£300,000 funding for research on UK impacts of US-Iran conflict

Rewriting the future for persistently disadvantaged pupils

Evaluation of Central London Forward’s Youth Guarantee Trailblazer

Research infrastructure: why confidence, not technology is the real challenge

Persistent disadvantage – further analysis for Teach First

A decolonial pedagogy: learning, being and becoming

Key Stage 2 attainment, lifetime absence and context

Valued by children, but feeling undervalued by society

AI visibility is reshaping how students discover universities