Opportunity and upward mobility are more important than GDP growth
Socio-economic status can hold staff back, but it has long been ignored in workplace equality efforts
Mixing with people of different backgrounds is an ingredient for success
Towns and cities with the lowest social mobility offer the party the most electoral promise, analysis shows
A clear commitment to train young people for work will help the government’s economic agenda
The UK needs a strategy to support young people not destined for university facing complex social problems
Social mobility experts warn of ‘ticking time bomb’ left by pandemic and cost of living crisis
Solutions for dealing with the lack of mobility for disadvantaged white Britons are either in short supply or ineffective
Company that drew investment from UK group in the 1990s is now becoming its biggest shareholder
Back in power, the party will quickly realise it has unfinished business opening up higher education to spread opportunity
Some professionals think claiming success is due to their own skills makes them more agreeable
From employing rhetoric without reality, UK politics has lately given up on both — this needs to change
Half the UK’s young people from ethnic minority backgrounds have experienced workplace discrimination
Tens of thousands of children are veering off-track during their transition from primary to secondary school
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
