Read: Liverpool Hope University joins partnership to develop its social impact
Liverpool Hope University today announced its partnership with the Purpose Universities Coalition. As part of the agreement, the University will develop an Impact Report to assess its current social impact and consider how it can go even further in delivering opportunity.
Read: Areas with low social mobility face funding penalty
A new report has highlighted how the current council funding formula means that large parts of the country face a social mobility penalty.
Read: New research highlights why social mobility should be top of the political agenda
If you are born in a position of disadvantage, it will be harder now than at any point over the last half century to move up the social ladder.
Read: Unequal access to public defibrillators leads to worse cardiac arrest outcomes
You’re much less likely to survive a cardiac arrest if you live in a deprived area of England and Scotland, new research suggests.
Read: What does Keir Starmer’s reshuffle mean for the Labour Party?
Sir Keir Starmer may have pulled one or two punches by leaving all the biggest jobs in his Shadow Cabinet
unchanged, but the significance of the changes he has made to several mid-level roles should not be underestimated.
Read: Shuffling the pack: Keir Starmer switches up his top team
Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer has today announced a reshuffle of his Shadow Cabinet - expected to be his final before the General Election, and giving the party an opportunity to fire the starting gun on the campaign at their Conference in a little over a month.
Read: New data highlights the urgency of the health community coming together to tackle waiting lists.
An estimated 340,000 people died whilst on a waiting list in 2022, compared to 240,000 in 2017 - a 42 per cent rise, which represents more than 60 per cent of all deaths in England.
Read: Claire Coutinho appointed Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net-Zero in Rishi Sunak’s mini reshuffle
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has today announced a mini-reshuffle of his Cabinet, following Ben Wallace’s decision to stand down.
Read: Anchor commits to social impact framework
Anchor, England’s largest provider of specialist housing and care for those in later life, today announced its partnership with the Purpose Health and Social Care Coalition to produce an Impact Report into its work.
Read: Political vision can close Britain’s growing education divide. But who has it?
We all have a stake in fixing the regional and class-driven disadvantage that the exam results expose
Read: Young people need to realise that whatever their exam results are, career paths aren’t linear
Looking at news reports of students getting their A-level and GCSE results this past fortnight, I recall how easy it is at that age to feel like you should have your whole life mapped out.
Read: GCSE results highlight a widening regional divide
This week’s GCSE results returned to pre-pandemic levels but they also indicated a widening regional divide amongst a cohort of pupils that had already been adversely affected by the impact of Covid.
Read: Maintaining the engineering talent pipeline
Engineers are the world’s problem solvers. You can see their legacy everywhere – from iconic structures like the pyramids or aqueducts to technological wonders we encounter every day, like the light bulb or telephone.
Read: The Home of British Helicopters - Former Cabinet Minister celebrates Yeovil’s official status
Former Cabinet Minister Rt Hon Justine Greening celebrates Yeovil’s official status “The Home of British Helicopters”: Leonardo has a long established engineering and manufacturing hub in the town, with an extensive helicopter supply chain that supports 12,000 jobs around the UK.
Read: Purpose Coalition partners write to the Prime Minister to urge solutions that will level up higher education
Chair of the Purpose Coalition, Rt Hon Justine Greening, and a number of Purpose Universities Coalition Vice-Chancellors have this week written to the Prime Minister regarding his recent announcement about a crackdown on low-value degrees.
Read: The class of 2023 - how the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis have impacted their university choices
As students wait for their A-Level results on Thursday, new analysis shows how their plans for the future have been affected by the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis.
Read: New campaign highlights universities’ double dose of opportunity
As we head towards A-Level results day, students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be feeling the pressure as they wait to find out how they did in this summer’s exams and if that was good enough to get them into their university of choice.
Read: Turning tech talent shortages into opportunities
We hear a lot about the skills gap. It’s a twenty-first century challenge and it’s ironic that it’s the tech sector where the situation is particularly acute.
Read: New research shows economic uncertainty impacts children’s development
Amid a continuing cost-of-living crisis and an uncertain fiscal outlook, a new report has shed light on how the pandemic impacted children’s development.
Read: The burden of air pollution falls on the most vulnerable
As climate records tumble and political parties review their policies to reflect perceived voter sentiment, the evidence continues to stack up to show that the burden of climate change, and in particular that of air pollution, is borne by the most disadvantaged communities.