How to square widening participation with student number caps

University policy challenge whack-a-mole: People want a temporary set of student number caps to ensure the university sector survives the loss of international student income. What are the next set of Continue reading…

Impetus Insights - February 2025

Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy. Continue reading…

Impetus Insights - January 2025

Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy. Continue reading…

Impetus Insights - November 2024

Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy. Continue reading…

Impetus Insights - December 2024

Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy. Continue reading…

Impetus Insights - March 2025

Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy. Continue reading…

Impetus Insights - June 2024

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What next for fair access and participation? The third sector forum

A forums to accelerate fair access and participation for charities delivering frontline work in access to university for disadvantaged groups. Continue reading…

Pupils who have been suspended are around a year behind their peers by the time they take their GCSEs

The Education Policy Institute's report, commissioned by Impetus, identifies a “suspension grades gap", with young people who experience even a single suspension, or temporary removal from secondary s Continue reading…

Over 1,000,000 days of learning lost after children sent home, with poorest hit hardest

For the first time, the majority of suspensions are of children living in poverty, widening the poverty gap in lost learning. Continue reading…