Plan 2 Student Loan? Beware, govt is freezing the repayment threshold, should you overpay now? (spoiler: some yes, many no) blog.moneysavingexpert.com/2026/01/bewa... New long read blog incl - What's changed - Why millions can reclaim £100s, - Overpay? AI calc - Failed political action & more...

Do you have mental health and money problems? Then I really need your help at the @moneyandmentalhealth.org charity. Real world feedback on how to improve things is core to what we do, to up to help out go to moneyandmentalhealth.org/community/ . Thanks, I look forward to working with you

An excellent point that it is "a regulatory failure".

Here’s a poem called ‘Christmas without you is’.

Reducing social isolation protects the brain in later life, finds Dr Jo Mhairi Hale from St Andrews Geography & SD in a new study Read more... 👇 https://ow.ly/rcnI50XKqwg #EverToExcel

Our annual Reading Party to the Highlands @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social

🚨 Policy win on maintenance grants! 🚨 @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social has announced that the Government will introduce maintenance grants for students from low income households, on priority courses. This is a very positive step in the right direction, but there's still further to go ⤵️

@bpsofficial.bsky.social @uhiperth.bsky.social

Big day out at the BPS Scottish Postgraduate Conference in Perth Concert Hall. @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social

New research from the School of Psychology and Neuroscience has revealed the brain’s built-in distance tracker, and its link to early Alzheimer's diagnosis. DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2025.08.011 Read more... 👇 ow.ly/HL5S50WZh2l #EverToExcel

@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised! 3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution 2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions. Please share and apply! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Gearing up for the first St Andrews University reception

£25,000 is under full time minimum wage for one earner now, but this is a FAMILY income assessment. It means far far fewer students get the full living loan.

Deadline is tomorrow so get your applications in people! #neuroskyence #neurojobs #psychscisky #cognition #psychjobs

✍️ "We already know what works: high-quality early education and childcare is one of the smartest, most cost-effective investments a government can make." Read more about the need to reform the childcare system and widen access to support ⤵️

RIP Ozzy

💬 "According to the Sutton Trust, the attainment gap between children on free school meals and their peers has widened to 20 percent." @michellewelshmp.bsky.social recently cited our early years General Election briefing from last year in a Westminster Hall debate on the early years ⬇️

💬 "There is a clear and continuing demand for programmes like ours, set against a background of ongoing challenges for those from lower-income backgrounds..." Read more about the growing demand for our programmes ⤵️

Please help.with this major piece of charity research into sports coaching. Open to current or ex coaches of any sport, age, sex, level, pro or amateur. Please complete or pass to your contacts - thank you. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/school-of-...

It's like a bank holiday weekend, sun, rain (in South Shields) and UK strongest man on telly @gozde786.bsky.social

That is a great idea for so many universities to support their local communities

✍️ "There are several practical steps companies can take to build class into their diversity programmes. From ending unpaid internships, to reviewing recruitment and promotion practices and monitoring class pay gaps." More from @beckymontacute.bsky.social ⬇️

For more than 20 years we have contributed to the Sutton Trust Summer School and we couldn't agree more @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

"Sisu" on Netfix is an extraordinary movie (not for those who don't like gore). Just extraordinary.

Diversity initiatives are in danger in both the US and the UK - in both countries, there's a sizeable community who face barriers but who have largely missed out from these programmes. If we're going to save DEI, we need to bring class into the conversation➡️

🚨 Applications for our Fair School Admissions Award 2025/26 are open! Awards are given at bronze, silver and gold level for schools, multi-academy trusts and local authorities who are taking steps towards fairer school admissions. Apply now ⤵️ www.suttontrust.com/fair-school-...

We have big ambitions to significantly grow our impact and fundraising in the coming years. To help us reach our ambitious targets, we're looking for a new Head of Philanthropy. 💰 £56k-£68k 💻 Hybrid (London/remote) ⏱️ 11th June

I have no interest in football but Sunderland fans are having a big day out in South Shields. It's astonishing how going into the premiership is worth an estimated £200 million quid and hope it flows down to the whole area.

🔎 To what extent does the place you grow up in shape your future prospects? Which areas offer the best opportunities for disadvantaged young people? Our new analysis offers an unprecedented insight into the geography of opportunity and social mobility in England. Out tomorrow.

👀 Are you passionate about tackling inequality? Do you want to be part of a leading organisation in the social mobility space in the UK? Applications are currently open for a handful of roles in different teams at the Trust! Find out more 👇

Great to hear Edith Bowman talking about St Andrews International Film Festival on Sunday Brunch, Channel 4 @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Expanding FSM eligibility to students in families receiving Universal Credit is a sensible way to tackle hunger in schools, broadening access to those who need it while keeping costs down -

💬 "We’re no longer even making glacial progress towards closing the gap – we’re going backwards." The gap in outcomes between pupils from richer and poorer backgrounds is unacceptable. Concerted efforts is needed to level the playing field.

There is huge support for action to improve social mobility in this country 👍 Our polling shows that the British public are united in their belief that all young people should be provided with equal opportunities. There is a clear desire to level the playing field.

For those who love music, BBC2 is currently showing the originals of a whole bunch of songs that went on to be huge for other artists. It's beautiful. 40 originals at the BBC.

Social mobility in this country is low. But there are a range of effective policies the government could implement to break the link between background and success. Read our costed, evidence-based manifesto ⤵️

If you are beyond a certain age and interested in neuroscience, there is an old story about handedness and the corpus callosum. Here's our new effort to update that story: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

🍽️ The Government needs to take action to tackle rising levels of hunger among pupils. In an evidence session with the Education Select Committee last month, @beckymontacute.bsky.social outlined the importance of expanding access to free school meals alongside the introduction of breakfast clubs ⤵️

💬 "Alongside my husband, who has made his own social mobility journey, I’ve chosen to leave a legacy gift to the Sutton Trust." Hear from a Professor who has left us a legacy gift as #UpdateYourWillWeek2025 comes to a close ⤵️

40 years ago this week I went back to work after a year on strike. I still think we were lied to by the media and the government at the time. I don't regret a day of fighting for jobs and education for working class people who are often undervalued and left behind.

I currently have two fully-funded PhD opportunities in my lab - both providing a chance to work on the incredible LEAF data set that we have been collecting the last couple of years (220 children followed longitudinally from 10-30 months on measures of attention and early EF). Please share!

Are you, or do you know, a Year 12 student thinking about their next steps in education? Applications for the @suttontrust.bsky.social #UKSummerSchools are now open. This is completely free and leaves students twice as likely to receive an offer from a leading university. https://buff.ly/2KsLot0

🚨 Freelance research opportunity 🚨 We're looking for a researcher to help us with data collection for our major report, Elitist Britain 2025 - looking at the backgrounds of those making up the country's elites - please do share in your networks 🙂 recruitment.suttontrust.com/jobs/5596434...

Are you? ✔️ In Year 12 ✔️ Attending a state school ✔️ Thinking about applying to university Check out the @suttontrust.bsky.social Summer Schools: https://buff.ly/2KsLot0 #suttontrust

Our Alumni Leadership Board Co-Chair, Jack, curated an art exhibition which captured our alumni's experiences of social mobility. In our latest guest blog, he unpacks the idea of the social mobility journey and how art can help reflect lived experiences ⤵️ www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...

💬 “Internships are an increasingly critical route into the best jobs, and it’s shocking that in this day and age, many employers still pay interns below the minimum wage, or worse, nothing at all. They should be ashamed.” Our new research on internships 👇 https://buff.ly/4ayRJfh

💬 "The participation gap between students who were eligible for free school meals and those who were not has now reached a record high." @jondatta.bsky.social on the need to persist with efforts to widen access to HE via contextual admissions ⬇️ www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/uk-s...

🚨 Applications for our UK Summer Schools are now open for 2025! These programmes are completely free to attend, enabling disadvantaged young people to learn about life at a top university and whether it's the right path for them. Find out more ⤵️ https://buff.ly/2KsLot0