
3 episodes

Social Mobility Talks Social Mobility Commission
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- Society & Culture
Social Mobility Talks is the new podcast from the Social Mobility Commission. In this series, Katharine Birbalsingh, Chair of the Social Mobility Commission, chats to experts on all sorts of topics, from parenting to apprenticeships, to discover what works (and what doesn’t work!) to improve social mobility.
The Social Mobility Commission works to create a United Kingdom where the circumstances of your birth don’t determine where you end up in life, and we want to help even more people understand what social mobility is and how they can get involved in making it a reality.
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Contextualised admissions and recruitment
Alun Francis, Interim Chair of the Social Mobility Commission, discusses contextualised admissions and recruitment with a panel of experts.
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Parenting - in conversation with Lee Elliot Major
Katharine Birbalsingh, Chair of the Social Mobility Commission, speaks to the UK’s first Professor of Social Mobility, Lee Elliot Major (Exeter University), about the role parents and families play in social mobility.
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Social Mobility Talks - Trailer
Social Mobility Talks is the new podcast from the Social Mobility Commission. In each episode, Katharine Birbalsingh, Chair of the Social Mobility Commission, chats to experts to discover what works (and what doesn’t!) to improve social mobility.
In our first episode, released on 25th October, she’ll be joined by the UK’s first Professor of Social Mobility, Lee Elliot Major (Exeter University) to discuss the role that parents and families play in social mobility.