Sentences with phrase «part of the social mobility»

In my view, a fundamental part of social mobility will be the return of grammar schools throughout the country.»

The then Secretary of State, Justine Greening, announced this as part of the social mobility package in October 2016 and announced the launch of the fund in February 2017.

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These publicists are aware of the irony of their position — that their own «upward social mobility was, in large part, made possible by the struggles of those in the civil rights movement and the more radical black activists they now scorn.

The report finds makes a list of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later today.

Not necessarily two, but social mobility isn't a strong part of European societies.

Part of the problem with social mobility in Britain is that some people believe they are common and should stay in their place.

I believe that the coalition, of which we are all part, will be judged, at least in part, on our ability to reverse that decline in social mobility.»

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

It forms part of government efforts to widen opportunities for people and raise levels of social mobility.

Social mobility, having flatlined in the latter part of the last century, would go into reverse in the first part of this century.

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.»

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The six recently announced opportunity areas - parts of the country identified as the most challenged when it comes to social mobility - will be given particular focus.

The plans, first outlined by Prime Minister Theresa May, form a core part of her education reforms, including plans to open new grammar schools, which she claims will raise education standards, give more pupils access to a high quality education and improve social mobility.

Sixteen alumni returned to Parliament Hill School, Highgate Road, London, part of the LaSWAP sixth form consortium, under the initiative to encourage state student social mobility by enabling schools to harness the talent and expertise of former students.

On the contrary: the industrial age model of education was an unqualified success, generating more (though not equitable) access to upward economic and social mobility for more people in more parts of the globe than at any time in human history.

Preparation for career, college, and citizenship; personal health and hygiene knowledge; racial and gender equity; leisure and aesthetic appreciation; social mobility; scientific sophistication; safe driving practice; and sex, alcohol, drug, reproductive, and environmental awareness are all part of the booming, buzzing, and sometimes antithetical public discourse that assigns purposes to the nation's schools.

With our extensive legal collection and being supported by legal experts and our trained education facilitators, we aim to raise aspirations as well as knowledge, reaching all parts of the curriculum, as well as promoting social mobility.»

In order to address the criticisms that grammars hinder social mobility, May stressed that the government will ensure «that these schools contribute meaningfully to raising outcomes for all pupils in every part of the system».

The Opportunity Area programme is a key part of the Greening's aim of tackling social mobility and improving opportunities for young people.

The investment is part of a wider first tranche of a # 12million fund administered by the Company which aims to boost social mobility by creating a new generation of mentors from the business community.

The work forms part of the government's commitment, set out in the recently published [Social Mobility Action Plan], to identify and spread «what works» so that successful approaches can be adopted more widely.

This is part of the government's social mobility action plans «Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential», which was published on 14 December.

The pressure to build hundreds of free schools is part of the government's aim to improve social mobility and good school places across the country.

But I think it would be hard to have been a part of TFA and not walk away as an advocate for ensuring that students from a low - income background and students of color are not being served or have access to social mobility.»

Perhaps we can all agree that the obsession with social mobility comes from our innately American caste and class fears, part of the national DNA passed down from our hugely idealistic founding documents and Washington, who refused the aristocratic mantle.

Social mobility has been a longstanding part of our American ideology, even as the country becomes increasingly stratified.

These schools exist in part because to actually address through fairer taxation and wealth redistribution the largely socio - economic factors underlying educational inequality would be to admit that the neoliberal agenda of the last four decades, eg the tax cuts, the deregulation, has not in fact worked for the Many and wealth and social mobility have gone backwards.

Today, education and social mobility charity Teach First have called upon the Government to fund training for a careers leader in every secondary school as part of their forthcoming careers strategy.

As Law Society president Roberts Bourns puts it: «Firms with good diversity, inclusion and social mobility policies have a competitive advantage... Not only do solicitors themselves come from an ever widening pool — reflecting the diverse society of which we are part and which we serve — but new business models are flourishing, allowing us to provide an ever more tailored service to our clients.»

It is part of the Inns of Court's work to encourage and support diversity and social mobility in the profession.

Promoting social mobility and diversity in the legal aid sector has always been a central part of the work of the Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL).

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.

We are part of the Legal Social Mobility Partnership, a collaboration of law firms, their partner clients and commercial organisations, who work together to provide school - aged students from less privileged backgrounds access to a Work Insight and Skills Programme (the «Programme») with the ultimate aim of broadening access to the legal profession and developing students» career aspirations.