…companies who wish to accredit the existing skills of current staff. For apprenticeships to provide a real path to social mobility, we need more high-quality apprenticeships targeted at young people….
Do apprenticeships pay?
…connections made through the apprenticeship programme. We compare those who start an apprenticeship with those of a similar educational level. In practice, this means comparing such individuals either with those…
Social mobility summit blog
…“coming from a wealthy family” when it comes to the chances of young people getting ahead in life. According to Ben Page, Ipsos MORI chief executive, anxiety about education is…
Four-fifths of senior figures in finance think presentation at interview affects disadvantaged people’s chances of getting a job
…to new polling commissioned through YouGov and published by the Sutton Trust and Deutsche Bank today. 81% of respondents in the finance industry cited presentation, a higher proportion that the…
Sir Peter Lampl: T levels just the start of readying the workforce
…the Budget tomorrow should herald the start of a long-overdue revolution in technical skills for our young people. Governments of all colours for more than 70 years have promised to…
Breaking the Class Ceiling
…beginnings. And she was perhaps fortunate to face that particular mobility barrier as the guilty bank was Barings. As the first comprehensive educated Conservative education secretary, Justine Greening has shown…