Million Plus

Professor Dave Phoenix, MillionPlus Chair and Vice-Chanecellor of London South Bank University, has written for Wonkhe on how a minimum grade threshold for university entry would be a step backwards for social mobility.

He writes: "There are many compelling reasons why rationing student places by a minimum grade threshold for university entry is self-defeating for any government committed to social mobility.

"School leaders as well as higher education figures have expressed their surprise in recent days that a policy decisively rejected in the past is being resurrected for consideration."

Read the article in full here.