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#052 Research Roundup – Baz Ramaiah: Social class and social mobility
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In this episode, Baz Ramaiah, Associate with the Policy Strand at The Centre for Education and Youth, shares with Phil Yeeles a selection of research that he has been reading lately. This episode focusses on social class and social mobility. Baz and Phil talk about the political context and consequences of the 1944 Education Act; a longitudinal study looking at how social mobility has changed over the past several decades, and a recent piece of research looking at why British people tend to over-identify as working-class.
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