#008 – Research round up: Social mobility. Age, university and employment

In this episode of the LKMco podcast, Iesha explores a selection of research with Dr Sam Baars. Sam is Director of Research at LKMco.

They discuss social mobility in a variety of contexts. How some well-known employers are making their commitment to social mobility clear and why different generations have different perspectives about social mobility in the UK.

In this episode Iesha and Sam discuss

• Do we live in a meritocracy?
• What structures need to be in place for true social mobility
• Why are young people paradoxically jaded and optimistic about different aspects of social mobility?
• How can employers impact social mobility?
• What incentives do employers have to help make a fairer society?
• The link between graduate earnings and involvement in extra-curricular activities at university
• Why Sam feels it’s socially unjust to consider internships when recruiting for jobs or university courses
• And much, much more

Resources/people featured or mentioned

• The social mobility barometer – Social Mobility Commission
• YouGov
• British Cohort Study
• Millennium cohort study
• Social mobility index
• Graduate Outcomes and Social Mobility -The Bridge group

Show notes and links for this episode can be found at

http://cfey.org/podcast/008/

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Music Credits:  ‘Oui’ by Simon Mathewson from  and ‘Jump for joy’ by Scott Holmes both from  http://freemusicarchive.org

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