Who should drive the engine of social mobility?

A female student at the University of Oxford

Truss urged to think beyond Oxbridge after interviews pledge

Front runner for PM’s first major intervention into higher education suggests ‘narrow focus’ and ‘no regard for logistics or legalities’, critics claim

By Ben Upton

1 August

UK universities must do more on social mobility

System expansion is not enough. Admission to higher-tariff institutions must somehow be opened up, says Paul Jump

By Paul Jump

9 May

Miniature people walk from a low to a high pile of coins

Least selective universities ‘performing best on social mobility’

Although Russell Group university tops new IFS/Sutton Trust ranking based on ‘mobility rate’, other selective institutions languish towards bottom of list

By Simon Baker

24 November

Barber: capping student numbers would stifle social mobility

Outgoing Office for Students chair defends university expansion before taking up government role

By John Morgan

21 January

Who should drive the engine of social mobility?

There will always be a political temptation to charge universities with improving a school system that leaves some students underprepared

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Who should drive the engine of social mobility?

There will always be a political temptation to charge universities with improving a school system that leaves some students underprepared

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Truss urged to think beyond Oxbridge after interviews pledge

UK universities must do more on social mobility

Least selective universities ‘performing best on social mobility’

Barber: capping student numbers would stifle social mobility

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