Sam Fletcher

Director of Comms @suttontrust. Social justice, inequalities, facts n stats. Mum of boys. Scouse. Views my own.

[The Sutton Trust @suttontrust]

🚨The @ucas_online deadline is approaching!

Many top unis provide contextual offers, which consider your background. This can reduce grade requirements for students from less advantaged backgrounds.

Find out which top unis do this with our Contextual Offers Tool ⤵️ https://t.co/mDmYqMHNlo

[Sam Fletcher @SamFletchTHF]

@mslhthomas @MaxWindCowie I can't see the posts above that you've replied to but sharing this in case it's what you were after :-) https://t.co/wSi6Bcx9CN

[NUS UK @nusuk]

Alex was on @LBC earlier this week to explain why raising tuition fees without reintroducing maintenance grants will make universities less and less accessible to working class students

join the campaign to raise student support, not tuition fees: https://t.co/JYpk0fjOgN

[Nick Harrison @NickHarrison73]

Uni rankings in the news today. But for a different view, here is our @suttontrust social mobility university ranking from a few years ago. Queen Mary top, Westminster second. Generally, Modern unis are very strong for driving mobility. @Rachel_Hewitt_ , relevant for our panel on Sunday!

[Nick Harrison @NickHarrison73]

If fees do go up, we certainly need to do something on maintenance grants for less well off students - who already leave uni with the biggest debts of around £60k, vs. £45k for those from wealthier families.

⁦@suttontrust⁩ https://t.co/EzdTHOdzgV

[Nick Harrison @NickHarrison73]

Social segregation in comprehensive schools: Many schools take fewer disadvantaged pupils than live in their local area, meaning others take more. This polarisation is greater in some areas than others. The NE is the worst region overall. 🧵👇
@suttontrust research.

[The Sutton Trust @suttontrust]

🚨 NEW BLOG:

We've had a packed summer of programmes this year.

Our Director of Programmes, Katy Hampshire, and Head of University Access & Digital, @DattaJon, discuss their experiences at sessions and what they advise to students looking to apply ⬇️

https://t.co/xPLnXJeYzl

[Nick Harrison @NickHarrison73]

You can't go to school, unless both your parents work! Would be a ridiculous policy for schools, but it's what we're doing with Early Years. Just 20% of families earning <£20k will have access to the planned expansion, but 80% of those with income >£45k will. 🧵👇
@suttontrust

[Nick Harrison @NickHarrison73]

Early Years should be seen as education, not childcare for working parents! Good to expand provision, but capacity is not the only problem. The current system reinforces inequalities as the poorest households are not eligible for the additional hours as they don’t meet the work criteria.

See @suttontrust briefing for more details on our website.

[Nick Harrison @NickHarrison73]

Great teachers are critical to our young people, and many teachers go above and beyond every single day. @suttontrust we welcome the teacher pay deal as a positive step to recognising the contribution of teachers, and making the profession more attractive. Hopefully this will make it easier to recruit - and we’d like to see extra teachers focused on disadvantaged areas, where gaps are biggest. Extending financial incentives for teachers to work in challenging schools would help!

https://t.co/3xTejISolU

[Nick Harrison @NickHarrison73]

There’ll rightly be much talk about the need for growth, but the lack of money to fund growth, from @RachelReevesMP today. Reminder that @suttontrust work showed that improving UK social mobility to European average would give a huge GDP boost. How to deliver is in our recent manifesto 👇.
🧵with some details

https://t.co/rIxOLekS5E

[Carl Cullinane @CullinaneCarl]

Still finalising our numbers, but looks like we're at around 63% of the new House of Commons having attended comprehensives, the highest on record, and up from 54% in 2019.
Almost three quarters of Labour MPs attended a comp, compared to 42% of Cons in 2019.

Full report soon!

[Anouschka Rajah @Anouschka_Rajah]

A look at how the public approach social mobility and how the parties stack up - based on polling and focus group research in partnership with @suttontrust👇🏾

[COVID Social Mobility & Opportunities Study @CosmoStudy]

On the 4th of July a new cohort of young people in England will be voting for the first time. What do we know about their lives over the past few years that might shape their vote? #GeneralElection

[The Sutton Trust @suttontrust]

The major parties have now published their manifestos.

Ahead of the #GeneralElection, our webinar will explore the pledges on education, what the key gaps are and what this means for education over the next Parliament.

Hear from our expert panel 👇

https://t.co/yTzp7psVUT

[Sam Fletcher @SamFletchTHF]

This should be excellent, looking forward to hearing from @JustineGreening, @ckfarquharson, @CullinaneCarl and @claire_l_crawf.

[The Sutton Trust @suttontrust]

🚨 Free election-related webinar 🚨

With the election fast approaching, the major parties have now published their manifestos.

Our upcoming webinar will look at what they've pledged on education, what is missing, and what this means for the sector ⤵️

https://t.co/mF8oAUEJVU

[Carl Cullinane @CullinaneCarl]

My quick reaction to Labour's manifesto yesterday on Further Education and skills.

[The Sutton Trust @suttontrust]

"We have moved a long way from burning injustices and levelling up. While some of the smaller scale policies are to be welcomed, despite the promises of silver bullets,the document fails to hit the mark."
Read our analysis of the @conservatives manifesto:https://t.co/wlFkE1NEIa

[The Sutton Trust @suttontrust]

🚨 The @Conservatives have published their manifesto ahead of the #GeneralElection.

While we welcome elements of today's manifesto, there are major issues with some of the headline policies as well as some glaring gaps 🧵

[Futures For All @futuresforalluk]

Polling out from @suttontrust today reveals that 69% of people surveyed believe it is the Government's role to ensure fair access to job opportunities. @Nick_Brook responds to the findings🔽 https://t.co/TPMtMTJPJA