Media coverage on CREID's report "Access in Scotland" (27.5.2016 - 10.6.2016)
The front page of The Times and of The Scotsman, along with many other newspapers and magazines, highlighted the findings of our latest report "Access to Scotland", an interview with Lucy Hunter Blackburn and comments of Sheila Riddell.
The report "Access in Scotland", which was published on the 30th May 2016, is commissioned by The Sutton Trust. Media coverage relating to this report can be accessed via the links below:
7 July 2016
Research Professional (by Rachel Hall) - How Scotland intends to close its attainment gap
16 June 2016
Wonkhe.com (an op-ed by Lucy Hunter Blackburn) - Scottish and English records on access should be compared
10 June 2016
The Prospect (by Ruth Davidson) - The SNP is failing Scotland's poorest students
3 June 2016
Times Educational Supplement Scotland (TESS, by Julia Belgutay) - More funding needed to widen access to higher education
2 June 2016
Times Higher Education Supplement - Benefits of free university tuition in Scotland "not evident"
31 May 2016
Education Journal - Access to higher education in Scotland for people from less advantaged backgrounds: the major role of further education colleges
30 May 2016
The Herald Scotland (Opinion, by David Torrance) - Barriers to university a hard lesson for the SNP to learn
Edinburgh Evening News - Platform
29 May 2016
Sunday Express (Scotland, by Catriona Webster) - Tories ready to back Nats over changes to education
The Sunday Times (Scotland, by John Boothman) - Middle-class to miss out in new schools cash formula
28 May 2016
i (Your view) - Free university no miracle cure
Scottish Daily Mail (by Gareth Rose) - 'Hypocrite' MSP facing fresh row
27 May 2016
BBC News - Scots students face 'shocking' university access gap
BBC News - Scotland lags behind on poorer students
STV - Disadvantaged Scots face 'shocking access gap' at universities
The Scotsman (Front page, by Chris Marshall) - Rich are four times more likely to go to university than the poor
The Scotsman - Action urged to close 'shocking' university access gap
The Scotsman (Leader comment) - Leaders: Scotland’s education problems will test Swinney
The Times (Front page, by Lindsay McIntosh) - ‘Shocking’ class divide in access to universities is worst in the UK
The Times (Comment, by Lindsay Paterson) - Great system? Surely some myth take
The Times (by Nicola Woolcock) - Good school nearby adds £200,000 to house price
The Times - Poor education
The Daily Telegraph (by Simion Johnson) - Poor Scots 'squeezed out of university by SNP cap on places' (SNP policy keeping the poor out of universities)
The Herald Scotland (by Andrew Denholm) - Poorest pupils face "shocking" barriers to university
The Herald (by Daniel Sanderson) - MSP faces ridicule by rivals for education comment
The Herald - Universities must improve on access (Time for real action on university access)
The Courier (by Kieran Andrews) - Scotland worst in UK for poorest children going straight to university, says report (Scotland 'lagging behind rest of UK on uni access')
The National (by Kirsteen Paterson) - Report reveals ‘shocking’ wealth gap in access to university - twice as bad as in England
Daily Express (Scotland, by Kirsteen Paterson) - Poor Scots faced with education 'access gap'
The Daily Record (by Laura Paterson) - Plea for urgent action to close shocking access gap to universities
The Daily Record (by David Clegg) - Scottish Politics Today: Free tuition fees may be a popular policy but it isn't working
The Daily Record (by David Clegg) - Scottish universities failing pooor students as report reveals scrapping fees has not closed attainment gap (Unis are failing poor students)
Times Higher Education (by Chris Havergal) - Benefits of free university tuition in Scotland ‘not evident’
The Independent (by Afab Ali) - Scottish universities worst in the UK for admitting poorer students, despite having no tuition fees
The Daily Express (by David Scott Young) - Poor Scots four times less likely to get place at university than teens from rich families
Evening Express (Aberdeen) - 'Shocking' uni access gap for poorer Scots
Glasgow Evening Times - Poor unlikely to attend uni
The Sun (by Andrew Nicoll) - Uni entry gap 'fails' poor kids
Daily Mail (Scotland, by Alan Roden) - Poorer Scots 4 times less likely to get to university
Metro (Scotland, by Stephen Deal) - Poorest face uphill task getting into university
Relevant publication
Blog article by Conor Ryan - Scotland’s access challenge
Relevant news
The News Statesman (12.4.2016) - The SNP has failed Scotland's children
THE (28.1.2016) - Several London post-92s see falls in battle for students
Related event
Seminar - Higher Education and Social Class: Scotland in Comparative Perspective (31.5.2016)