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Social Mobility in the Labour Force Survey
...well the Government's policies are working in delivering on this goal. Improving data on social mobility was a key theme in the Government’s social mobility strategy, which took a number...
Part-time numbers falling through the floor but nobody is mending the problem
...aim of increasing the number of part-time students. This would include developing a better understanding of why numbers are declining and putting in place measures to encourage and attract part-time...
Careers and enterprise company: an opportunity for social mobility
...the organisation will be to broker relationships between firms and other organisations such as charities with schools and colleges. But the Secretary of State for Education has said that it...
Scottish schools cracking the social mobility code
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Last month our Chair, Alan Milburn and Douglas Hamilton held a series of meetings in Scotland to highlight the importance of social mobility, hear about the challenges facing Scottish society...
Low pay: time for an escape plan
The UK has a low pay problem that is getting worse. The number of people on low pay is up a quarter of a million year on year to more...
Employers and social mobility: monitoring social diversity in the civil service
A number of people – including the Commission and many others – are concerned by the fact that those at the top of many of our professions are unrepresentative of...
Apprenticeship starts drop by 15 per cent – trouble ahead or a welcome change?
...understand why the number of older apprenticeship starts is declining, if the trend likely to continue and whether we should be worried. First, the Commission identifies two possible explanations: changes...
Reflections on the mobility problem in Britain
...other forthcoming studies. A number of findings have been highlighted in the media coverage of the report, including that: The experience of upward mobility has become rarer due to a...
A Living Wage Decade
Living Wage Week 2014 brings mixed news about efforts to tackle low pay. While the number of accredited Living Wage employers has increased to over 1,000 this has not been...
State of the Nation 2014
...by 2020 and all by 2025. A national parenting campaign to be launched to help more parents become excellent parents, funded by removing childcare tax breaks from families where at...