Exclusive: Labour MPs believe SMC has become ineffective and its work ‘should be a core function of government’Ministers are considering a shake-up of the government’s social mobility watchdog that could range from giving it...
Read MoreBlack people are more prominent than ever in the UK’s politics and culture. But are they overwhelmingly from the middle class, as Brown argues in his new book? And if so, why isn’t anyone talking about it?Symeon Brown and David...
Read MoreThousands of students are graduating into an employment crisis, leaving them feeling hopeless and overqualified, as well as dealing with enormous debts from tuition fees. When higher education was transformed, teenagers were...
Read MoreReport says once-in-a-generation changes needed to tackle why such children are lowest-performing large demographicHigh-performing primary and secondary schools in England should be encouraged to admit more disadvantaged pupils...
Read More‘Polyclass’ of 6 million people consider themselves to belong to more than one social category, researchers sayMore than a third of Britons say they have changed social class, with upper-middle and upper-class people most likely...
Read MoreHemmed in by the sea and poor transport links, many young people from the Yorkshire town feel trapped, but there is also a pride in the areaIt’s the morning after a wet and stormy day in the Yorkshire seaside town of...
Read MoreWhen Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degreesThe seaside city of...
Read MoreExclusive: Warning from head of Social Mobility Commission comes after UK report found ‘entrenched disadvantages’Keir Starmer has no “coherent” strategy to tackle entrenched inequalities harming the life chances of millions of...
Read MoreExclusive: Bridget Phillipson says Rise scheme will use techniques from Blair government’s London ChallengeWhy are London schools outperforming the rest of England?Ministers plan to turbocharge their school improvement programme...
Read MoreThe civil service, judiciary and media are still dominated by the privately educated 7%. Lasting change is not a pipe dream – but it’s up to usFor the first time in our history, we have a cabinet made up entirely of people who...
Read MoreUK charity calls for positions of four weeks or longer to be banned to help close social mobility gapYoung people from working-class or disadvantaged backgrounds are being “locked out” of careers by unpaid or low-paid...
Read MoreSocial mobility expert says mindset in many schools requires children to be ‘middle-class clones’ to succeedSchools in England must do more to challenge unconscious bias in the classroom against children from...
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