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Sutton Trust says underrepresentation of poorer students is ‘outrageous’ but number has doubled in 10 years to 2022Students from working class backgrounds still only make up 5% of entrants to medical schools across the UK, a proportion that has doubled…
Concerns also raised that practice prevents young working-class people from finding paid work in creative industriesArts employers could be breaking the law by relying on unpaid interns to perform roles that should be left to paid workers, preventing y…
Exclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privatelyAnalysis: Who is ‘working class’ and why does it matter in the arts?Interviews: Nine working-class creatives on class in the arts – and how they made itArtis…
Prominent figures in the arts say class is a key factor that determines who can make it in the creative industriesWorking-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warnInterviews: Nine working-class creatives on class in the art…
Ken Henry made comments at a tax summit in Melbourne, arguing fiscal drag is seeing taxes go up while real incomes fallGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRecent governments have carried out “wilful acts of bastardry” and created…
Failure to tackle post-pandemic needs was ‘massive missed opportunity’, say council directorsChildren’s services leaders have called for a national “plan for childhood” to transform the health, emotional wellbeing and life chances of a generation of yo…
Unless from a wealthy family, internships for many mean chipping away at savings and cutting back on essentials By day, he was mostly an unpaid intern, getting a glimpse of day-to-day life in university research as he networked with potential employers…
Exclusive: Special rapporteur Olivier De Schutter to urge ministers to increase welfare spending on visit to country this weekPoverty levels in the UK are “simply not acceptable” and the government is violating international law, the United Nations’ po…
Time constraints, red tape and lack of resources to distribute the money are the main reasons for not allocating cashA multibillion pound fund designed to boost levelling up and replace crucial EU funding is being left unspent by the vast majority of c…
Maestras explores how talented female artists won recognition in their lifetimes, only to find their works written out of the canonWild festivals, exquisite fruit-bowls and unusually realistic renderings of motherhood and female friendship – not to men…