Are grammar schools good for social mobility?

Lucy Powell MP

Labour and Cooperative MP at Manchester Central

Lucy was the first female Labour MP elected to represent a Manchester constituency. Since her election, Lucy has campaigned hard against the Government’s cuts to Manchester’s public services, the privatisation of the ambulance services and the bedroom tax. She has been a passionate advocate of better childcare provision, help for small businesses and more apprenticeships for young people. She is also conducting an inquiry into how to reinvigorate politics and increase voter turnout locally.
 

Dr Matt Dickson

Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath

Matt leads the programme of research on widening participation in higher education. His current projects examine the earnings return to undergraduate and post-graduate degrees, the role of further education in progression to higher education and the impact of early health on later educational and labour market outcomes. 

Professor Lindsey Macmillan

Director at Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO)

Lindsey's research considers the role of early skills, education, and labour market experience in the transmission of incomes and work across generations. She has published widely on topics relating to educational inequalities, including the impact of selective schooling systems on social mobility, understanding the improved performance of London pupils, and the characteristics and outcomes of those who under match in higher education.

Lindsey is the Director of the new Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO), focused on identifying and reducing structural barriers to opportunities across the life course.