The missing middle of higher technical learners
Compared to other countries, England has a high share of graduates: almost half of young people now progress to higher education. Yet at the same…
Compared to other countries, England has a high share of graduates: almost half of young people now progress to higher education. Yet at the same…
Across the country, there are millions of adults with poor qualifications and low levels of skills. In fact, a quarter of working-age adults in England…
New research on inequalities, carried out for the IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities and funded by the Nuffield Foundation, finds that disadvantaged pupils start school…
Between 2009-10 and 2019-20, we estimate that school spending per pupil in England fell by 9% in real-terms. In the 2019 and 2021 Spending Review,…
The UK government has committed to deliver a ‘Lifetime Skills Guarantee’ – a commitment to provide every adult with the training and education they need…
The value of government support for living costs for university students from the poorest families will fall to its lowest level in seven years in…
Total spending on adult education and apprenticeships fell by 38% in real-terms between 2010–11 and 2020–21, with a 50% fall in spending on classroom-based adult…
Arguments over public sector pay deals later this year are inevitable. The government’s spending plans, fixed in cash terms last autumn, were predicated on pay…
New IFS research finds that a blanket minimum eligibility requirement (MER) for access to student loans would be a highly imperfect way of improving student…
New research at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), commissioned by the Department for Education, examines the financial benefit associated with different degree classifications. Even…
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