Sentences with phrase «on improving social mobility»

Russell Hobby, the union's general secretary, said: «This report should be a concern for ministers if they are intent on improving social mobility.

And Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb said in the same newspaper: «The referendum campaign highlighted deeply entrenched divisions in parts of Britain's society which demands a One Nation response focused on improving social mobility and breaking down barriers to opportunity.»

Gordon Brown will call for a greater focus on improving social mobility in a keynote speech later today.

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Finally, a tax on inheritances serves to decrease income inequality, and hopefully improve social mobility.

The «British dream» remark may evoke bygone US presidential elections, but Woolfe's message is simple: now Brexit is on its way, he wants to pitch Ukip as the party of improving «social mobility».

The paper illuminates his backing for new grammar schools (May has at least one former minister on side with this policy it seems) coupled with concentrating on non-graduate routes into professions, encouraging kids to start - up businesses, among other ideas to improve social mobility.

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.

However, responses were mixed when it came to grammar's effect on social mobility: 35 per cent held the view that grammars improve social mobility, while 19 per cent thought they damaged social mobility and a further 27 per cent believed they made no difference at all (20 per cent of respondents said they didn't know).

When asked which measures would most likely improve social mobility and help disadvantaged young people get on in life, almost half of respondents (47 per cent) chose «high - quality teaching in comprehensive schools», ahead of two social mobility policies adopted by the main parties in the recent election.

The Commission has called on the government to rethink its plans for grammar schools and more academies, cautioning that there is no evidence either works to improve social mobility.

The Sutton Trust, a London - based foundation that aims to improve social mobility in the United Kingdom, will host an all - day summit on education and social mobility at The Paley Center for Media in New York City on Thursday, April 19, 2018.

The Department's strategy to improve social mobility has so far centred on identifying 12 «Opportunity Areas» which are local authority districts where educational performance and capacity to improve is low.

As a not - for - profit organisation, we are committed to projects that will improve education and outcomes for children and young people, such as our recent work on teacher recruitment and retention, and our work on social mobility.

The opportunity areas programme, a flagship government scheme that will see # 72 million distributed across 12 areas of England to boost social mobility, focused heavily on improving teachers.

The polling is being published ahead of a Sutton Trust summit in New York with philanthropic support from Carnegie Corporation of New York today (19 April) which will draw on international evidence on the role of school structural reform, accountability, professional development and the use of research in schools in improving social mobility.

That this House believes that every child throughout the UK must be given the opportunity to reach their full potential; further believes that there is no evidence that additional academic selection in the school system will improve social mobility; and calls on the Government to instead concentrate on providing the best education possible for all children.

«shares the strong commitment of this Government to promoting and improving social mobility and building a country that works for everyone; notes that there are now more than 1.4 million pupils in England attending good or outstanding schools than in 2010; and welcomes the opportunity afforded by the Schools that Work for Everyone consultation to seek the widest possible range of views on how the Government can build upon these successes and awaits the outcome of the current consultation.».

They've also recently taken on a «university blind» approach to recruiting — meaning they hide candidates» university names to prevent «unconscious bias» and improve social mobility.

For the purpose of this Call, papers addressing the social determinant of housing should focus on efforts to increase the availability of opportunities to access safe, affordable, and connected housing (e.g. the impact of housing mobility programs), to improve housing stability, or reduce the negative impacts of gentrification and displacement.