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Recap: Using Apprenticeships to improve social mobility and build skills for life
Apprenticeships offer numerous benefits to learners, including the opportunity to earn while you learn, which is especially important for disadvantaged apprentices. They can also help organisations of all sizes, in… read more
Recap: Using workforce data to understand and improve social mobility
As an employer, data is one of the most important tools you have for understanding and improving diversity in your workplace, including social mobility. However, many employers report that collecting… read more
Employer blog: Using data to improve socio-economic inclusion
Data is one of the most important tools you have to understand and improve diversity in your workplace. Any forward-looking socio-economic diversity and inclusion strategy begins with data. Collecting the… read more
Employer newsletter – 12 January 2023
We are delighted that Alun Francis OBE is to be the new Interim Chair of the Social Mobility Commission following Katharine Birbalsingh’s decision to step down as Chair. Alun was previously… read more
Quarterly Commentary: December 2022
Dear Reader, It’s been an eventful autumn at the Commission. In September Katharine and I were pleased to welcome our full Commission Board. We then published a business plan taking us up to our… read more
Employer newsletter – 12 December 2022
There’s been lots going on in the social mobility world recently, from the recent launch of our new Employer Advisory Group to last week’s release of the 2022 Social Mobility… read more
Recap: T Levels: What, why, where and how?
T Levels are a new alternative to A levels and other further education courses in England. Equivalent to 3 A levels, a T Level focuses on vocational skills and can… read more
Recap: In conversation with Ann Francke OBE, The building blocks of social mobility in the workplace
We recently launched our new ‘Building Blocks Toolkit’, which provides simple, first-step guidance to help businesses and organisations of all sizes, up and down the country, access a wealth of… read more
Employer newsletter – 8 November 2022
Hello, It’s your last chance to register for our event tomorrow – ‘In conversation with Ann Francke OBE: The building blocks of social mobility in the workplace.’ We’re really looking… read more
Lifelong Learning – how can we support adults to learn?
Lifelong Learning Week (7th-11th November) is a celebration of the power of learning to transform people’s lives. Coordinated by Festival of Learning, it is a week of activity which aims… read more
Employer blog: Increasing social mobility through management and leadership culture
Socio-economic inclusion is not solely the domain of big corporate businesses with large HR departments. It’s about helping businesses and organisations of all sizes, up and down the country, to… read more
The impact of parenting on children’s outcomes
This is something most people can agree on, yet offering parents advice on how they can best perform these important roles is something of a taboo. Home and family life… read more