Disadvantaged graduates ‘face earnings gap even with degree’

Research suggests graduates from more deprived backgrounds earn less than better-off peers

While people with a higher education qualification tend to earn more money and are more likely to be employed, those from more advantaged backgrounds still do better on average than their less advantaged peers, research has suggested.

According to a report from the Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education, key underrepresented groups face persistent inequalities regardless of whether they have been to university or not.