Social Mobility Toolkit for the Professions - Equality and Human ...

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Foreword by David Willetts 1
Minister for Universities and Science
a call to arms by Louis armstrong, 2
chairman, Professions for Good
Preface and authors’ thanks by Gavin Ingham Brooke, 3
chief Executive, Spada
Executive Summary 4
Introduction 7
Background 8
The toolkit – whom is it aimed at? 8
Why do we need one? What it is and what it isn’t
The business case for social mobility 11
The moral case for social mobility 12
Understanding social mobility 13
What is social mobility? 14
Social mobility in the UK 15
Social mobility in the professions 16
The current policy context 18
Monitoring social mobility 19
Data collection advice 20
Template questionnaire 21
Data analysis advice 22
additional responsibilities for professional bodies 24
and regulators
the Social Mobility toolkit
March 2012
Funded by the legal Services board and the General Medical council with additional
support from the chartered insurance institute and the british Dental association
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Best practice 27
Mentoring and inspiring individuals from lower 28
socioeconomic backgrounds
Offering information, advice and guidance (IaG) 30
Providing productive work experience and 31
internship opportunities
Offering more flexible and lower-cost routes 32
into the professions
case studies 35
The chartered Institute of Legal Executives (cILEx) 36
Institute for Learning (IfL) 39
royal Institution of chartered Surveyors (rIcS) 41
Further resources 43
annex a: Steering Group members 47
annex B: List of contributing organisations 47
and individuals
annex c: Professions for Good members 48
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