The Sutton Trust is an educational charity in the United Kingdom which aims to provide educational opportunities to young people from non-privileged backgrounds. The definition of charitable organization, and of charity varies according to the country and in some instances the region of the country in which the charitable organization operates The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The charity was set up by the millionaire philanthropist Sir Peter Lampl. Philanthropy is the act of donating money goods services time and/or effort to support a socially beneficial cause with a defined objective and with no financial or material Sir Peter Lampl OBE (born 1947 is a British philanthropist and Chairman of the Sutton Trust.
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University projects
It currently runs summer school programmes at five of Britain's best universities: Bristol, Nottingham, St Andrews, Oxford and Cambridge. the University (or derivatives but lower-case when referring to many universitiesor universities The University of Nottingham is a Public, Co-educational institution of Higher learning in the city of Nottingham, England. The University of St Andrews is the oldest University in Scotland and third oldest in the English-speaking world, having been founded between The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the
With other co-sponsors, it has also established an extended version of the summer school scheme at other leading research universities, including: Birmingham, Nottingham, and Manchester. The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a British red brick University located in the city of Birmingham The University of Nottingham is a Public, Co-educational institution of Higher learning in the city of Nottingham, England. The University of Manchester is a " red brick " civic University located in Manchester, England. In 2006 meanwhile it launched with the College of Law the 'Pathways to Law' scheme providing help for law students from non-privileged backgrounds.
School projects
Major pre-university projects have included:
An Open Access scheme at the Belvedere School in Liverpool which enabled able children to attend an independent day school, regardless of their financial circumstances.
Into University - a centre based in North Kensington offering out-of-school study and support for children aged 7 upwards.
'Room to Play' -- a drop-in centre based in a shopping centre offering support for 'hard to reach' parents during the early years of their child’s development.
According to the Trust's 2006 annual report, the Trust and co-sponsors have committed £21. 8 million to its activities since being established in 1997. See http://www.suttontrust.com/ for more details.
Research
The Trust also funds an extensive research programme looking into the issue of educational inequalities.
Social mobility
A highly influential project funded by the Trust revealed in 2005 that social mobility in Britain is at a very low level and has fallen in recent decades. In other words, it has become harder for a young person from a poor background to climb the social ladder and make it to the top. The researchers from the London School of Economics found that one reason for this trend was that the expansion of higher education in the UK has disproportionately benefited those from better off backgrounds.
Media coverage
In 2006, the charity published a report on the number of 'top jobs' going to private school pupils has increased since the Labour Government came to power in 1997. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the [1] In 2007, another report was published highlighting the high proportion of Oxford and Cambridge undergraduates who came from "a small cadre of elite 'feeder' schools"[2]
See also
References
- ^ Private school stranglehold on top jobs - This Britain, UK - Independent.co.uk
- ^ Third of Oxbridge come from 100 schools - Sutton Trust report - education.guardian.co.uk
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