Scottish schools cracking the social mobility code
...Scotland achieved three or more Highers at A grade. These poor outcomes continue after young people leave school. Young people from the poorest backgrounds - those eligible for free school...
...Scotland achieved three or more Highers at A grade. These poor outcomes continue after young people leave school. Young people from the poorest backgrounds - those eligible for free school...
...who were eligible for free school meals while at school, with Russell Group universities aiming to admit 3,000 more state school students and 1,400 more working-class students each year who...
Today saw the publication of an interesting new study from the University of Oxford analysing trends over time in social mobility from a sociological perspective. As the authors note, while...
...child poverty over the next few years. Second, though it marshals some excellent recent policy announcements – universal infant free school meals, removing National Insurance for under-21s – it needs...
...to someone coming from a background where survival is paramount. Growing up poor, your brain is constantly working out how to get through today; and planning to work out tomorrow...
...in virtually eliminating extreme low pay, the proportion of low paid employees has changed little in two decades and the minimum wage has too often become the going rate of...
...it in the future. Being more active in advertising internal promotion opportunities and updating HR processes so discussions about progression are part and parcel of normal management. Changing job design...