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Social Mobility

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Chil1234 · 05/04/2011 11:28

Plans upcoming today from the government about improving life-chances and social mobility. What's held you back or given you a leg up in the past? And what do you think would most improve your social mobility going forward?

My 'leg-up' would be having parents with high expectations and access to the grammar school system. If anything held me back it was the lack of good contacts and poor careers advice.

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darleneconnor · 05/04/2011 11:32

There was a programme on a while ago about this. It said that not having access to London and/or not having financial support to do free work experience for a year were major barriers to non-rich people getting the top jobs.

Decentralising the economy would help a lot with this.