Making equal : new visions for opportunity and growth / edited by Graeme Atherton, Peter John.

Other author Atherton, Graeme, editor.
Other author John, Peter, 1960- editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationBingley : Emerald Publishing, 2025.
Description1 online resource
Subjects
Equality--Government policy. --Great Britain.
Great Britain--Social policy.

Contents Intro -- Half Title Page -- Endorsements -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1: Introduction: Inequality and Breaking with the Norm -- Why Making Equal? -- Creating Opportunity from Birth -- Higher Education -- The Driver of Growth and Opportunity -- Making Places Matter -- Growth, the Economy, and the Role of Business -- Labour and Inequality -- Past, Present, and Future -- References -- Section 1: Creating Opportunity from Birth -- 2: The Birth of Injustice -- Introduction: How Long We Have Known -- What We Know Already -- The Things We Know We Can Do
Contents The Position in the UK -- The Urgent Need -- References -- 3: 'It's Human Capital, Stupid' -- Disparities in Physical and Social Capital -- Bringing Back Sure Start -- Learning Throughout Life -- References -- 4: The Coordination Conundrum: Three Core Policy Principles for Post-16 Education and Training -- Principle 1: Adopting a Systems-based Approach -- Principle 2: Embracing Multiple Purposes for E&T -- Principle 3: Reconceptualising the Role of Employers -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: Inequality and Lifelong Learning -- Introduction -- Inequality -- Lifelong Learning
Contents Manifestos for Lifelong Learning -- Conclusion -- References -- 6: Social Mobility and the Ministry of Poverty -- Section 2: Higher Education -- The Driver of Growth and Opportunity -- 7: 'Higher Education Expansion as a Growth Strategy' -- Introduction -- Human Capital and the Drivers of Growth -- Economic Context: Why Earlier HE Expansion was Important, And Why We Need to Go Further and Wider -- Skills, HE, and the Importance of Place -- Graduate Education and New Technology -- What is to Be Done? -- References
Contents 8: Shaping Higher Education: Driving Economic Prosperity and Sustainability Through Engineering and Technology -- A Test Case of Societal Importance -- The Mismatch Between Student Profile and Workforce Needs -- Why the Market Isn't Working and What Can Be Done -- Entry Criteria -- Careers Understanding -- Course Capacity -- Degree Apprenticeships -- A Call to Action -- References -- 9: Equal Opportunities, Equal Outcomes and Higher Education: Choice or Circumstance? -- Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Outcome -- Opportunity Hoarding: Definition and Impact -- HE: Opportunity and Disparity
Contents Unequal Benefits -- Conclusion -- References -- 10: Leading in Place: The Value of a Holistic Approach to Driving Social Mobility and Regional Development -- Introduction -- Background -- Enabling Student and Graduate Talent for Socially Mobile Futures -- Building Social Mobility Through Impactful Research and Innovation -- Social Mobility Through Wider Partnership Work Across the Region -- Conclusion -- References -- Section 3: Making Places Matter -- 11: A Question of Scale: Refocussing Policy Towards Tackling Neighbourhood Level Inequality
Contents Neighbourhoods -- A Missing Piece of the Levelling Up Jigsaw
Abstract Making Equalaims to act as a catalyst for new research and policy, ex-ministers, academics, university leaders and heads of charities outlining ideas which can have a tangible impact on inequality and poverty in the UK.
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