social mobility
‘If at first you don’t succeed, you don’t succeed’ – How the government is failing adult learners
Two new reports show that educational opportunities tend to coalesce around those who have already benefited the most from education.
Meritocracy is a myth
A disadvantaged child will nearly always and everywhere become a disadvantaged adult.
“I’m a great believer in social mobility” – Left Foot Forward talks to Tory MP Adam Afriyie
Robert Edwards caught up with the up-and-coming Tory MP about social mobility, coalition politics and UKIP.
John Major is right – but the problem isn’t only private schools
John Major is right to talk about the dominance of ex-private school pupils in public life. The problem is bigger than that, though.
Improving social mobility starts with reducing inequality
The one thing that could significantly improve social mobility is the one thing politicians are no longer interested in: reducing inequality.
Three ways to open up the legal profession
Britain’s most senior female judge, Baroness Hale of Richmond, has criticised the extent to which most judges come from sheltered […]