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The FCA’s consultation on diversity and inclusion will be out of step if it fails to tackle this aspect of the barriers to success
Research shows university students from least well-off families are no more likely to attend top universities than 25 years ago
Regional inequality, London’s housing market and stagnant wages cited as concerns
US colleges could make themselves more meritocratic — but do they want to?
Do we really want to turn getting a good education into something that people should feel embarrassed about?
Square Mile’s governing body says at least 50% of senior leaders should come from lower socio-economic background by 2030
American libertarians have fallen for an idea that is an excuse for cutting government welfare spending
Disadvantaged primary school children disproportionately affected by pandemic learning loss, data show
Opportunities for gender, race or social equality come at the price of accepting the institutional culture
Education cannot compensate for the failure to implement redistributive social policies
Institute for Fiscal Studies research shows family background still a main driver in performance at school and later life
New research suggests that children from low-income families who are friends with wealthier peers will earn more later in life
Fear of not fitting in: the invisible barriers facing working-class professionals
Burnishing your credentials is much harder today, with deference all but gone and the glare of social media omnipresent
Employer efforts to reduce pay and promotion disparities are hindered by staff reluctance to share data
New research shows few top UK companies have a strategy to diversify the social backgrounds of employees
Focusing on GDP and physical infrastructure is futile without real-life benefits for people living in left-behind towns
Young people were denied opportunities to develop life skills but businesses can step up
Peter Lampl put his financial muscle into boosting educational access for all — but the pandemic has made progress harder than ever
Social mobility study also finds non-graduates often take roles with lower pay and status than those held by their parents
Offers after A-level results under consideration to ‘remove unfairness’
Courses focusing on the business world can help pupils from under-represented backgrounds
Despite evidence that UK grammar schools have a limited effect on social mobility, some parents are undeterred
Young men from disadvantaged backgrounds in some areas found to make half as much as those elsewhere
It might also halt the great British graduate brain drain to London
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