Total Equality for students is about equality of opportunity and access to time and resources for all regardless of disability, gender, ethnicity or background.
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Thank you @jonathansamuels, Zak Simpson, and @SkyNews for inviting me to talk about the ~40,000 GCSE Eng Lang students in England just awarded grade 3, 'fail', but who merited grade 4, 'pass', with no right of appeal. @ObserverUK @itsjamestapper @commonsed
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Dear Andy, we wrote a list of the things we wanted from you as PM. We decided not to send it: universitiesuk.ac.uk/node/29…
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book is currently on sale.
written in 2012, published in 2013 but still more uptodate that the Treasury Select Committee etc.
I had forgotten it has a back cover endorsement from the current Home Secretary - ulp!
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RIP Vincent McCormack Civil Rights Activist 1968. Member of QUB Labour Group with the generation of Eamonn McCann & Micheal Farrell affiliated to NILP. Husband of Inez.Joint author of book on the attack on the PD March at Burntollet Jan 1969.
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The Scottish government has confirmed that a cross-party review of the financial sustainability of Scotland’s universities will go ahead after months of initial talks between university leaders and politicians, reports @Helen_Packer
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NEW PODCAST: Tax changes in the Budget
Our new IFS Zooms In episode sees @HelenMiller_IFS, @benzaranko and @StuartAdam_IFS examine on the tax changes buried in the detail of last week's Budget, from electric vehicles to tourist tax.
🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/tax-chan…
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We're very pleased to share that our report on the effects of Sure Start on children’s outcomes has won the 'Impact of Analysis' Award in this year's @ONS Research Excellence Awards.
🏆 Find out more: ifs.org.uk/news/ifs-sure-sta…
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New Post: Three hot takes you may have missed from the Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper. buff.ly/5wDrZE6
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‘National scandal’: quarter of students suffer sexual harassment
‘Shocking figures’ show ‘devastating’ impact on students, with women and LGB people particularly vulnerable buff.ly/GAkO5Af
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We've published new data on the scale of sexual misconduct in English higher education.
Our survey of undergraduate students across the country finds that nearly one quarter of those who responded have experienced sexual harassment since entering higher education.
Thousands of students report sexual violence at university - BBC News. These are staggering numbers! With the majority of students from well educated middle class backgrounds, something is badly wrong in education. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq65…
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📢Unis across England are delivering impactful knowledge exchange – a wide range of activities that benefit local communities, businesses and beyond.
Published today, the Knowledge Exchange Framework shows the sector's willingness to measure this impact: loom.ly/ej1IbPg
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The Further Education sector is under strain.
Funding cuts, teacher shortages, and pay disparity are limiting its potential.
Our new report outlines these issues and offers recommendations for addressing them and strengthening the sector.
Read the report ⬇️
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Wow. A Finnish school leaver has similar skill levels to a UK graduate on average, says @SchleicherOECD to the @HEPI_news / @CambridgeUP event to help launch Education at a Glance 2025.
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A large proportion of our MPs went to a narrow set of elite universities 🎓
We found that 20% attended Oxford and Cambridge, compared to just 1% of the UK population.
55% of MPs went to Russell Group universities, versus 19% of the population.
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Universities in England at risk of long-term decline, says British Academy
England’s higher education system risks long-term decline unless ministers overhaul their “confused, if not incoherent” approach to universities, the outgoing head of the national body for the humanities and social sciences has warned. ➣ ft.com/content/31628e20-62a5… @FT
