May 2016

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EPRS 15/16 89 Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice

In this White Paper published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the government sets out policies and proposals for legislation to reform the higher education system in England.

EPRS 15/16 90 Solving the conundrum: Teaching and learning at British universities

This booklet published by the Social Market Foundation examines a range of issues around the assessment of university teaching.

EPRS 15/16 91 Degrees of debt

This report from the Sutton Trust looks at student fees and debts UK system, comparing them to a number of other Anglophone countries.

EPRS 15/16 92 How English domiciled graduate earnings vary with gender, institution attended, subject and socioeconomic background

This report published by the Institute of Fiscal Studies explores graduate earnings 10 years after graduation.

EPRS 15/16 93 Graduate labour market statistics 2015

This report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills looks at graduate employment and earnings outcomes.

EPRS 15/16 94 Maintained schools and academies inspection outcomes as at 31 December 2015

This statistical release from Ofsted reports on schools’ and academies’ most recent inspection outcomes.

EPRS 15/16 95 National curriculum assessments at Key Stage 2 in England (revised)

This statistical first release from the DfE contains the revised Key Stage 2 assessment results for pupils in schools in England at national, regional and local level.

EPRS 15/16 96 Vulnerable children: needs and provision in the primary phase

This research report by the Cambridge Primary Review Trust explores who vulnerable children are and how they can best be supported in primary schools.

EPRS 15/16 97 NEET prevention: Keeping students engaged at Key Stage 4

This report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NfER) examines the impact of a range of five school-based programmes to support pupils in Key Stage 4 who are at risk of disengagement.

EPRS 15/16 98 Mapping user experiences of the Education, Health and Care process: a qualitative study

This report presents the findings from a small scale qualitative study of four local authorities which was commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) to examine user satisfaction with the new Education, Health and Care assessment.

EPRS 15/16 99 A marked improvement? A review of the evidence on written marking

This report by the Education Endowment Foundation looks at some of the key issues around written feedback to pupils.

Points of Information No.174

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