Uni extrance exams will disadvantage state pupils
More universities could introduce entrance exams to select the best candidates as a result of recent A level reforms, private school heads warned today. The move would give pupils at…
More universities could introduce entrance exams to select the best candidates as a result of recent A level reforms, private school heads warned today. The move would give pupils at…
…educational system might best adapt to this approach. To make her case, Wolf borrows from a variety of countries. Are there any further insights we can gain from looking more…
…and training in a number of OECD countries with a view to determining its fitness for purpose. Policy issues that are examined include: the funding and governance models best suited…
…Survey of Youth (NLSY97), which, as the authors report, provides the best data available to date on participation in a wide array of STW programmes. The STW programmes examined are:…
…peers who recalled no such activities. The findings are not linked to highest level of qualification. The literature suggests that such significant labour market outcomes are best explained by the…
…employers and employees, from private, public or third sector organisations. In doing so, it draws upon the Taskforce’s definition of effective partnership – that the sum of the best collaborations…
…aim of 80% attaining a relevant Level 2 qualification, although there was considerable variation in attainment between different sectors with the best results obtained in science and performing arts. Combining…
…1991 when 93% of the original sample was interviewed. It thus provides the “best available information on long-term effects of student job-holding”. Employment and earnings of participants during the week…
…to identify which implementation strategies and delivery models worked best. The evaluation was based on multi-level model analysis of baseline and follow-up surveys of a representative sample of around 11,500…
…awareness of opportunities for further learning. Where employer engagement was at its best, the understanding and enthusiasm of young people for their wider studies were “significantly enhanced”. The review concludes…