Social Mobility Talks
By Social Mobility Commission
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.
Social Mobility TalksApr 11, 2024
Regional inequality
Resham Kotecha, Deputy Chair of the Social Mobility Commission, discusses regional inequalities, innovation, devolution, breakfast clubs and more with former Cabinet Minister, Ed Balls.
The importance of early years
Rob Wilson, Deputy Chair of the Social Mobility Commission hosts the latest edition of our podcast with Sir David Bell, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sunderland, discussing early years care and what's best for a child's development.
AI - a tool for social mobility?
Resham Kotecha, Deputy Chair of the Social Mobility Commission discusses artificial intelligence (AI) with Adrian Joseph OBE, including how it can be used to help address social mobility, representation in the tech sector, how organisations can make sure that AI is used ethically and much more.
National Apprenticeship Week
Alun Francis, Chair of the Social Mobility Commission, interviews Tom Richmond, Founder and Director of EDSK, in a National Apprenticeship Week episode looking at the potential apprenticeships have to improve social mobility in the UK and what's currently holding them back.
What can we learn from US Charter Schools?
Deputy Chair of the Social Mobility Commission, Rob Wilson, interviews education consultant Barry Smith.
What have we learnt from Family Hubs?
Alun Francis, Chair of the Social Mobility Commission, interviews Samantha Callan, the Co-Founder and Director of Family Hubs, on the programme's strengths and weaknesses.
What have we learnt from Sure Start?
Alun Francis, Chair of the Social Mobility Commission interviews Naomi Eisenstadt, the first Director of Sure Start
Contextualised admissions and recruitment
Alun Francis, Interim Chair of the Social Mobility Commission, discusses contextualised admissions and recruitment with a panel of experts.
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.
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.