Universities and business must both commit to greater social mobility
Even as a child, I can’t remember a time when I did not want to go to university. Getting a degree was always an ambition and it proved to be a transformative experience that I drew upon frequently as secretary of state at England’s Department for Education. Enabling more young people who, like me, were the first in their families to go to university was more than just a policy objective to me: it was part of my own life.
For the past 20 years, successive governments have rightly tasked universities with opening themselves up to more people from working-class family backgrounds like my own. That effort has borne fruit. This year, according to the admissions service Ucas, a record rate of more than a fifth of disadvantaged 18-year-olds (22.5 per cent) were due to start an undergraduate degree.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/universities-and-business-must-both-commit-greater-social-mobility
Rt Hon Justine Greening
Founder, Social Mobility Pledge
Former Secretary of State for Education, Minister for Women and Equalities, Secretary of State for International Development, Secretary of State for Transport, Economic Secretary to the Treasury