Posts Tagged university participation
The value of a university education? It’s a question of degree
Posted by Stephen Clarke in Economics, Education on 12/05/2011
Today the BBC reported on research, carried out by the Centre for Economics and Business Research, which indicated that more graduates were taking low-skilled jobs. If the research is correct, this could beg the question: will a £9,000-a-year degree be worth it?
Cause & effect
Posted by Anastasia de Waal in Education on 29/05/2009
This week the Conservatives have uncovered statistics showing that the richest 10% of young people in England are almost twice as likely to go to university as the poorest 10%, despite the annual £2.3bn spent in publicly-funded measures to widen access to higher education.