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Opportunity for all: how can schooling help?
- Author:
- MILIBAND David
- Publisher:
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- London
If some schools can break the link between poverty and disadvantage, the question is how more can do so. Poverty puts high hurdles in the way of educational achievement. School populations in areas of disadvantage often show high mobility. The culture of achievement in a school can be fragile, as teachers come and go. But success for the young people is possible. It is clear that money is important. It does not guarantee high achievement, but it is vital to it.
International inclusiveness: publicizing Cuba's development of the 'good life'
- Authors:
- GOICOECHEA-BALBONA AnaMaria, CONILL-MENDOZA Enrique
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 43(4), October 2000, pp.435-451.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The authors focus on personal observations made during a visit to their homeland ( Cuba). This article offers hemispheric social workers the opportunity to learn about Cuba's past and present historic and social evolution, including the development of the 'good life' in civil society.
How fair is your local NHS? Monitoring socioeconomic inequalities in health care for local NHS quality improvement
- Authors:
- COOKSON Richard, ASARIA Miqdad, ALI Shehzad
- Publisher:
- University of York. Centre for Health Economics
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 2
- Place of publication:
- York
This policy briefing describes independent work-in-progress research on developing indicators of change in NHS equity performance. The paper reveals that people who are wealthier, better educated and live in less deprived neighbourhoods achieve better health care outcomes (e.g. surgical mortality, preventable hospitalisation), use more NHS preventive care, such as screening and vaccination services, are more likely to visit a medical specialist when ill, are more likely to receive a needed NHS hip or knee replacement and have shorter NHS waiting times for heart bypass and angioplasty. (Edited publisher abstract)
Imagining a different life
- Author:
- STUART Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Adults Learning, 21(3), November 2009, pp.6-11.
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
The final report of the Panel on Fair Access to the Profession, 'Unleashing aspirations' found that wealth and private education are still key to well-paid jobs. This article discusses the need to improve social mobility by widening participation in education.
State of the nation 2021: social mobility and the pandemic
- Author:
- SOCIAL MOBILITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Social Mobility Commission
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 255
- Place of publication:
- London
Against the backdrop of COVID-19, the Social Mobility Commission (SMC) has taken a deeper look at the progress made in all four UK nations in tackling poverty, addressing inequality and improving social mobility. The report reveals that each of the nations has struggled with the damaging impact of the pandemic from early years to training and employment, and that social mobility, already stagnant, could move backwards. The report finds that across the UK disadvantaged young people and children living in poverty have been hardest hit by COVID-19 and could face consequences that affect them for years – almost one third of children in the UK were living in poverty as of March 2020; when the pandemic hit in March 2020, only 51% of households earning between £6,000 to £10,000 had home internet access, compared with 99% of households with an income over £40,000; between 2012 and 2020, all parts of the UK grew their share of professional jobs in the economy but people are still 60% more likely to get a professional job if they come from a privileged rather than working class background – and in 2019, people from working class backgrounds in professional jobs earned about £6,000 less than their more privileged counterparts in professional jobs. The report recommends seven key pillars of recovery, focusing on: geography, local power and a levelling up agenda; poverty and living standards; early years; education; apprenticeships and adult skills; digital access; and work and career progression. (Edited publisher abstract)
The long shadow of deprivation: differences in opportunities across England
- Authors:
- CARNEIRO Pedro, et al
- Publisher:
- Social Mobility Commission
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 72
- Place of publication:
- London
This report shows how the earnings outcomes of children from different backgrounds vary across lower-tier local authorities and explores why there are differences in opportunities across place, considering the role of education and the labour market. It makes use of newly linked administrative data on all state-educated pupils born between 1986 and 1988 to follow a group of sons from where they grew up, looking at their family circumstances and their educational achievement, through to the labour market. The data shows that where one grows up matters – social mobility in England is a postcode lottery, with large differences across areas in both the adult pay of disadvantaged sons and the size of the pay gap for sons from deprived families, relative to those from affluent families. In areas with low social mobility, pay gaps between deprived and affluent sons are 2.5 times bigger than in areas of high social mobility and it is far harder for someone from a deprived background to escape deprivation. Up to 33% of the pay gap is driven by non-educational factors. Localities with low life chances typically have fewer professional and managerial occupations, fewer 'Outstanding' schools, more areas of deprivation and moderate population density. The report argues that to equalise opportunities across the country, government must consider what support can be targeted on these local authorities to improve overall social mobility outcomes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Life opportunities survey, wave three: final report, October 2012 to September 2014
- Author:
- OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Place of publication:
- Newport
This report presents findings from Wave Three of the Life Opportunities Survey, focusing on changes since Wave One. It first looks at how individuals experienced impairment at Wave One and Wave Three and any changes that took place between waves. The report then considers how individuals’ work status changed between Wave One and Wave Three, before looking at characteristics by economic activity status at Wave Three. Finally, the report considers in more detail life areas not covered by previous reports. Specifically, it looks at whether adults’ participation in the life areas of leisure and social contact was restricted, and if so, the barriers they experienced. Key findings include: having an impairment appears to be associated with lower levels of social contact; around a fifth of adults, regardless of impairment status, felt they had less contact in the last week with those they felt close to than they would like; adults aged 16 to 64 were more likely than those aged 65 and over to say they had seen people they felt close to less than they would like in the last week; there appears to be an association between having an impairment and adults reporting seeing people they felt close to less than they would like in the last week.; lack of time is a common barrier to social contact for all adults, but for adults with impairment at both waves "other people too busy" was a more common barrier than not having enough time themselves; and around 1 in 10 adults with impairments at both waves reported difficulty getting in or out of the home. (Edited publisher abstract)
Jumping off the track: comparing the experiences of first jobs of young people living in disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Britain
- Authors:
- TOMASZEWSKI Wojtek, CEBULLA Andreas
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Youth Studies, 17(8), 2014, pp.1029-1045.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This paper draws on an analysis of one of the UK's most prominent longitudinal datasets, the British Household Panel Survey. The panel was used to study and track the realisation of job aspirations of young people born in the early 1980s and entering the workforce in the 2000s. The study compared the aspirations of those growing up in socio-economically disadvantaged areas with those growing up in non-disadvantaged areas. The analysis confirmed strong differences in the occupational preferences and choices of young people in these two types of areas. Young people in disadvantaged areas more often sought manual occupations, often following their parents' example. They were also more likely to become unemployed, reflecting economic tertiarisation and decreasing availability of manual jobs in those areas. However, the study also found evidence of young people from disadvantaged areas using repeated changes in jobs to achieve employment in higher-level occupations. The research demonstrated that growing up in disadvantaged areas did not prevent the proactive construction of career biographies per se, but it required overcoming more barriers to do so. (Publisher abstract)
Race equality and health inequalities: towards more integrated policy and practice
- Authors:
- SALWAY Sarah, et al
- Publisher:
- Race Equality Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 11
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper argues that within the English health system the ‘Equality and Diversity’ (E&D) and ‘Health Inequalities’ (HI) agendas remain poorly integrated at both national and local level. In particular, the HI agenda has largely failed to pay explicit attention to axes of inequality other than the socioeconomic gradient. This paper suggests that the disconnect between E&D and HI work hampers progress towards better understanding of the processes that perpetuate poor health outcomes. It also limits coordinated intervention to address need across the health system, including action on the wider determinants of health. The paper is particularly concerned with the slow progress towards tackling ethnic inequalities in health and healthcare, but similar concerns have been voiced in relation to other key axes of difference and disadvantage, not least disability and age. (Edited publisher abstract)
Levelling the playing field: achieving social mobility for 16 and 17-year-olds
- Authors:
- CUNDY Jessica, PATWARI Ritu
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- Barkingside
Through its social mobility strategy, the Government has committed to ensuring that every child and young person has an equal opportunity to achieve their potential, no matter what their background. This report highlights the work done by Barnardo’s to support vulnerable 16 and 17-year-olds into education, employment and training. It highlights the barriers faced by some young people, and outlines cost-effective solutions that can break intergenerational cycles of worklessness and help young people build their own futures. Through its employment, training and skills services, Barnardo’s supports 16 and 17-year olds to gain the confidence, skills and opportunities that lead to sustainable employment and a route out of poverty. The report makes 4 key recommendations to make social mobility a reality for these young people: the Government makes rhetoric a reality by prioritising the social mobility of the most disadvantaged 16 and 17-year-olds; the Government introduces a range of flexible pathways through post-16 education, employment and training; the private sector supports cost-effective partnerships between employers and the voluntary sector, to engage those young people who are furthest from the labour market; and local authorities in England use the Early Intervention Grant to support disengaged 16 and 17-year-olds into employment and training.