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Social Mobility – why impact matters
Carol Sommerville is Chief People Officer at Compass Group UK & Ireland and is a member of the Social Mobility Commission’s Employer Advisory Group.
Employers Newsletter – 26 March 2024
If you want to receive regular updates from us, please complete this form to join our mailing list. Hello, We’re delighted to announce a further event in our series of partner events… read more
‘Growing Opportunities’ – recap of our Think Tank event in partnership with SMF
On Thursday 29th February, we hosted a dynamic panel discussion, in collaboration with the Social Market Foundation, exploring how regional economic growth and better employment opportunities are key to supporting… read more
Employer newsletter – 9 February 2024
We’re delighted to announce our first event in what will become a series of partner events with a number of the UK’s leading Think Tanks this spring – in this… read more
Bolstering our Employer Advisory Group: bringing the employer voice to the SMC
Our Employer Advisory Group (EAG) came together this week for the first time in person since forming in October 2022, when they met to consider the Commission’s next steps in… read more
Apprenticeships: bridging the gap for disadvantaged learners?
Since its inception in 2017, the apprenticeship levy has been hailed as a means to bolster workforce skills and provide opportunities for learners to take a different path into their… read more
Social mobility demands we learn more about no-excuses schools
For many young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, a good education can be the key that unlocks career, income and social mobility. Sadly, the already large attainment gap between disadvantaged students… read more
Employer newsletter – 20 December 2023
Welcome to our final newsletter of 2023. We hope you all had a wonderful year, and thank you for all your support of the Social Mobility Commission, whether you attended… read more
The university system doesn’t work for white working-class kids – here’s how we can fix it
I was the first person in my entire extended family to go to university. Conversations with relatives went like this: I was told about tuition fee debt, reminded that some trades… read more
Employer newsletter – 30 November 2023
We’re delighted that on 10th November Alun Francis, who many of you have known as our Deputy and then Interim Chair, was confirmed as Chair of the Social Mobility Commission. … read more
We must all help eradicate the class pay gap
If I was a man working full-time in the UK, I could stop working today and still earn the same as the average full-time woman for the year. But I’m… read more
Recap: Data – Addressing the challenges and understanding the opportunities
Many employers are starting to collect the socio-economic background alongside other diversity data and as an employer, data can be one of the most important tools an employer has to… read more