More UK graduates have highest level literacy skills than OECD average
The Telegraph and the Daily Mail reported new findings from the OECD today that the majority (3 in 4) of graduates lack high-level literacy skills, or in the Mail's case: … Read
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The Telegraph and the Daily Mail reported new findings from the OECD today that the majority (3 in 4) of graduates lack high-level literacy skills, or in the Mail's case: … Read
Health
A report on the economic cost of mental illness made headlines today. But there's been confusion over some of the figures. Read
Crime
Ministers are delivering on a vow to get tough on sentencing, according to today's Sun: "Tough justice: lags getting longest sentences in 20 years" It's true that the average sentence … Read
Frances O'Grady compared Britain to a "Downton Abbey-style society" where "social mobility has hit reverse" in her TUC Congress address. The result of this, she said, was that: "Whether it's … Read
According to a leaflet distributed to households in Scotland by the Better Together campaign, Scotland could face higher food bills in the event of independence. This, they claim, is because … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Spotlight on social mobility. How can we define it, how it has changed over time and how mobility in the UK compares to other countries. Read
Europe
"Now kettles face EU ban" according to the front page of today's Express. The article itself was more equivocal, saying the EU executive had commissioned a report which "sets out … Read
Wormwood Scrubs prison is unsafe, unclean, and overcrowded according to a report by the Prison Inspector. The Prison Service has two standards on crowding. One states the number of inmates … Read
Infant class sizes are due to be discussed in Parliament today as part of a debate brought by the opposition. The most recent figures from the Department for Education show … Read
Education
This morning Nick Clegg said his flagship universal free school meals policy was better at raising outcomes than some literacy and numeracy schemes. We take a closer look at the impact of the pilot. Read
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