Sentences with phrase «increasing social mobility»

Widening access to the UK's most selective universities is an important means of increasing social mobility.

In addition, we believe that our goal is to build social capital and help increase consciousness around increasing social mobility.

«There are some people in the Labour party that now get [it that] progressive politics has to be about empowerment, reducing dependency on the state, increasing social mobility through individual empowerment, releasing power from the centre politically — but it is not where the Labour party lies at heart.

don, didn't you know, it's all done in the name of «increasing social mobility».

This report highlights the importance of increasing social mobility and how the construction industry can work to promote greater equality of opportunity for all, particularly in a challenging social and economic environment.

The Inheritance Tax addresses this directly by mildly mitigating the magnitude of the fortunes that wealthy heirs inherent, and paying for social programs that increase the social mobility of everyone else.

It's a tax that only affects the very wealthy, it taxes income that can otherwise go untaxed, people with vast amounts of wealth are already able to minimize its impact, and it helps to increase social mobility (reduce income inequality) by preventing the ultra wealthy from hoarding too much wealth.

It's a tax that only affects the very wealthy, it taxes income that can otherwise go untaxed, people with vast amounts of wealth are already able to minimize its impact, and it helps to increase social mobility (reduce income inequality) by preventing the ultra wealthy from hoarding too much...

Prior to that, Cuomo also announced «the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative,» a $ 25 million program to «bring together state and local government, non-profit and business groups to design and implement coordinated solutions to increase social mobility in ten cities with the highest poverty rates in the state.»

«But, returning to 11 plus will not increase social mobility, and we should focus on raising standards in 3,000 secondary schools.»

Higher education We await Lord Browne's final report into higher education funding, and will judge its proposals against the need to: - increase social mobility; - take into account the impact on student debt; - ensure a properly funded university sector; - improve the quality of teaching; - advance scholarship; and, - attract a higher proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Amy Lalla, director of Let Me Play, said: «The decision is entirely at odds with David Cameron's professed aim to increase social mobility and tackle entrenched social problems.

He explained: «We know that grammar schools do not increase social mobility.

In a bid to increase social mobility, Blackpool, Derby, Norwich, Oldham, Scarborough, West Somerset, Bradford, Doncaster, Fenland and East Cambridgeshire, Hastings, Ipswich and Stoke - on - Trent, were named as «opportunity areas».

The Multi-academy trust (MAT) Development and Improvement Fund (MDIF) is now open to applications, which aims to give trusts extra funding in order to improve schools and increase social mobility.

I call these characteristics virtues because they promoted and furthered mass education and thereby increased social mobility and enhanced economic growth.

And on grammar schools, the evidence suggests they do not increase social mobility and they do not raise academic standards overall.

Ministers have provided no evidence of how extra grammar schools will increase the social mobility of our young people — an issue more pronounced in the midlands and the north, as Craig Whittaker rightly pointed out.

It works to improve educational opportunities for young people from non-privileged backgrounds and increase social mobility.

Student loans were created as way to increase social mobility and invest in the future by allowing everyone the means to receive a higher education.

According to specialist recruiter, Clayton Legal, the Apprenticeship Levy has the potential to increase social mobility within the legal profession.

Not exact matches

More people lifted out of poverty; social mobility increased; more funding for public services; greater life expectancy and public health; better security services; better at looking after people; better at anti-discrimination; fairer society.

As such, mobility is an important factor for upward social mobility for middle class Americans, where they can increase their earnings and their life standards...

As such, mobility is an important factor for upward social mobility for middle class Americans, where they can increase their earnings and their life standards by moving to higher - earning jobs in dynamic regions.

However, evidence from a range of sources released in recent months has been overwhelming in its condemnation of the move, revealing that removing the so - called 50 % cap on religious selection would not only lead to increased levels of segregation in schools and communities, but also damage social mobility and reduce the access of parents to their local schools.

«We are making good progress with social mobility — we have increased the national living wage, cut income tax for the lowest paid and doubled free childcare.

In this way we can help solve the twin problems of increasing the number of qualified professionals while shrinking the social mobility and income gaps that threaten to upend our economies and the nature of our social systems.

It says: «Given rising levels of child poverty in the UK, and much steeper increases projected for the next few years, this conclusion could not be more important or topical, especially in light of stated government commitment to promoting social mobility.

«Income volatility can lead to debt accumulation and financial insolvency, increasing the chances of bankruptcy and downward social mobility.

Modern social movements became possible through education (the wider dissemination of literature), and increased mobility of labour due to the industrialisation and urbanisation of 19th century societies.

As researchers further explore the increasing number of databases produced for advertisers, Zagheni argues, social scientists could leverage Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter more often to glean information on geography, mobility, behavior and employment.

Most of these falls could cause fractures, reduce mobility as well as increase the anxiety about falling that may lead to social isolation or dependency.

Increasing the number of faith schools could lead to «increased social segregation, with a risk of lower social mobility», according to a new report.

The costs of these gaps (most commonly associated with low income, limited education, and minority group status) are reflected in higher school dropout rates, lower economic productivity, decreased social mobility, increased need for medical services, and higher rates of incarceration.

• Support social mobility: increasing the number of apprenticeships helps identify talent from diverse backgrounds and give them opportunities to progress within their organisation.

He said: «There is no evidence that increasing the number of selective schools will improve social mobility and we are concerned that it will have the reverse effect.

The social benefits of the ECO-C Intervention are harder to define in dollar terms, but they are the benefits associated with increased income and sociodemographic mobility for high - achieving students from low - income families.

Children face barriers because of their parents» undocumented status, often related to poverty, fears of deportation, and more, while undocumented youth themselves face increasing barriers to social mobility as they enter adolescence and hope to obtain driver's licenses, afterschool work, and financial aid for college.

Improving social mobility implies maintaining or even increasing access to higher education.

The cross-party committee of MPs, responding to the evidence gathered about plans to increase selective education, said ministers still needed to demonstrate how this would improve social mobility and close the gap between rich and poor pupils.

«Until existing grammar schools demonstrate they can be vehicles for social mobility, the number of grammar schools should not be increased,» said Sir Peter.

Only then will we be able to accelerate our nation's economic progress, increase upward mobility, and reduce social inequality for all Americans.

There has been increasing recognition of the importance of careers advice in promoting social mobility.

It comes as a report by the Sutton Trust showed an increasing public pessimism about social mobility.

Education is often touted as a means for boosting social mobility and making communities more equal, but inequality in school funding and resources has made that difficult to achieve, especially amid increasing poverty rates.

In this way we can help solve the twin problems of increasing the number of qualified professionals while shrinking the social mobility and income gaps that threaten to upend our economies and the nature of our social systems.

«There is no evidence that comprehensive schools have been worse for social mobility than the selective schools they replaced, nor that expanding selection would bring about an increase in mobility.

In a nation with increasing inequality and declining social mobility, it is more important than ever to fight for the millions of children in our country who don't receive the quality of education they deserve simply because of their ZIP code, race, or economic status.

«Having made social mobility the centre of his conference speech, David Cameron should look at the clear evidence on grammar schools: they do not increase equality of opportunity, they make it worse,» said Powell.

At the beginning of the year, grammar schools were still firmly on the government's agenda, despite two EPI reports and countless other experts explaining how bad it would be for social mobility, and there was no planned increase to the schools budget, despite fears of a funding crisis.