Sentences with phrase «on social mobility»

Good answers here would be focused on social mobility in comparative historical terms.

«I think a proper focus on narrowing the gap before [age] five will have a real impact on social mobility,» she said.

I think one of the single biggest effects on social mobility this generation is going to be the Internet.

The research on social mobility shows that people are optimistic that education will get better, but think job security and housing will get worse.

Taken together this is an unprecedented attack on social mobility.

I just wonder how much effect ANY of these policies really have on social mobility outcomes.

When white boys from poor backgrounds begin to achieve in line with others we will begin to make some progress on social mobility.

This tool can help when developing a need case partly based on social mobility or social need, or when providing additional contextual data to Section C or E.

All of these will impact to varying degrees on social mobility in the legal aid sector.

The Criminal Bar Association and Young Legal Aid Lawyers are asking for pledges to raise funds so that every single Member of Parliament can be sent a copy of Stories of The Law and How It's Broken and a copy of the Young Legal Aid Lawyers report on Social Mobility in a Time of Austerity.

In February, an all - party parliamentary group on social mobility called for character education, which includes mindfulness, to be part of the curriculum.

But the Government's focus on social mobility does show it means business on transforming the life chances of young people and I hope this is just the start of good things to come.

The careers strategy will be launched «in the Autumn», the education secretary told a conference on social mobility held by the Sutton Trust this morning.

Even if you use in your English essay, for example, data on social mobility in Britain, specify the time of the study, the purpose of research, and relevance of this study to your essay writing.

This speech to the Fabian Society disproves Lammy's loyalist credentials unless he is making an inadvertent miscalulation in attacking Labour's record on social mobility — surely he must be in the wrong party to be deliberately exposing the divide between their aspiration and achievement from a position of government, and it beggars belief that a serious politician would undermine their own argument in this way after suggested he himself has been a beneficiary of the process.

Class was still the source of «persistent inequality» in British society, the government said in a white paper on social mobility published on Tuesday.

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), comments on the new research by the Sutton Trust on social mobility published today.

Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union comments on the social mobility action plan announced today by Justine Greening...

The prime minister will tell an educational audience he wants Britain to push forward on social mobility by improving the country's education system.

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.

Some 600,000 more children in Britain are in «absolute poverty» than when the Coalition came to power, the Government's adviser on social mobility has warned.

He proposed a left - right split, and offered a watery vision of what latter - day «modernisers» should be all about: a «renewed sense of moral purpose», reducible to the hoary New Labour emphasis on social mobility, and a politics that would «be seen to be grappling seriously with the big questions of the day: migration, globalisation, terrorism, the environment, welfare, housing, our place in the world».

Today the all - party group on social mobility launches its first report, Seven Key Truths about Social Mobility which examines the main components of the social mobility challenge.

The Labour leader admitted that the last Labour government was too slow on social mobility.

Ruth Kelly, the Secretary of State for Education, admitted the facts on social mobility were «depressing» and cited studies showing that, for people in their thirties, the social class of their parents mattered even more than it did in the past.

On the other hand, there is Vince Cable — the most vocal and powerful patron of Ebdon — claiming that we stand to lose the war on social mobility unless we employ more radical battle tactics.

Last week, former minister Alan Milburn delivered a report on social mobility which criticised universities» performance in recruiting students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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9 am: A conference opens on social mobility in schools, with speeches from Nick Gibb, the schools minister, and Sir Michael Wilshaw, the Ofsted chief inspector.

He agrees that the fact that the cabinet is packed with people from private schools reflects badly on social mobility in Britain.

3.30 pm: Teather, Simon Hughes, the deputy leader and the government's advocate for access to education, Steve Webb, the pensions minister, and Lady Hussein - Ece, a commissioner at the equality and human rights commission, take part in a Q&A session on social mobility.

A strong message on social mobility plus a guaranteed safety - net for all could be a winning combination for the Conservative Party.

«Researchers would always like less restrictive access,» says Miles Corak, an economist at the University of Ottawa who has helped develop data sets on social mobility while working for Statistics Canada.

«We need a Commission which has the teeth to undertake objective assessments of the implications for social justice of government policies and is properly equipped to hold Ministers» feet to the fire on social mobility.»

When Hillary Clinton wanted to talk to an esteemed researcher on social mobility, she called Raj Chetty, a Stanford economics professor, a recipient of a MacArthur «Genius» Fellowship, and a winner of the John Bates Clark medal, given to the best American economist under age 40.

Nottingham and Manchester are among areas that are relatively well - funded, but don't do particularly well on social mobility.

And focussing on social mobility alone will not make society more equal.

The I's Richard Vaughn cites findings from the Class Ceiling report, the APPG on Social Mobility report.

Before moving to Devon last September she was a governor of several schools and trustee of several charities, and remains the founding Chair of the Bridge Group, a charity focusing on social mobility policy.

Sutton Trust submission to the House of Commons Children, Schools and Families Committee on Social Mobility and Education and Access to the Professions

In it, he warns that there may be no impact whatsoever on social mobility indicators at a local level within the three - year evaluation timescale set for the project.

A huge thank - you to our Vice-Chair, Siobhan Taylor - Ward, and everyone on the Social Mobility sub-group for all their hard work on this report.

Hon Alan Milburn, Independent Reviewer on Social Mobility and Child Poverty, May 2012 can be accessed here.

Cheffings, who has taken over leadership of the PRIME work experience initiative, was speaking as part of a recent Legal Week roundtable on social mobility, in which leading players in the diversity movement discussed the issues that still need to be dealt with by the profession.

YLAL considers it vital that the SRA properly and fully considers the impact of any reforms on social mobility and the accessibility of the legal profession.

The ranking assesses organisations on their social mobility efforts across a range of different areas including outreach to schools, work experience, mentoring and opportunities for school leavers.

In Westminster Hall, the former Education Secretary Justine Greening leads a debate on social mobility and the economy (9.30 - 11 am).