Nov 2 · 7 min read

Social Mobility: The Dissociative Thesis and its Disputants
[For part of a chapter in a forthcoming MA dissertation, though stand-alone and adapted here]
The marked difference in participation rates to UK Higher Education across social groups, continues to be borne out in published materials, including more recent data (HESA, 2006, 2008, 2009b, 2017b). Despite this, a sizeable minority of young adults from socio-economic groups IV-VII do choose, or find their…

