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Have Your Say On Social Mobility |
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Have you got something to say on social mobility? The Young Fabians have been asked to submit their thoughts to the newly established ‘Milburn Review’ on social mobility and fair access to the professions.
Rt Hon Alan Milburn MP has been asked by the Prime Minister to examine what barriers prevent people from success in the professions, and what steps the Labour Government can take to increase social mobility for people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Alan Milburn has asked us to contribute to his inquiry, so he can get a better understanding of young people’s experiences of entering traditional professions.
Our submission to the Milburn Review will focus on three key themes:
- Barriers to entry and progression in traditional professions for young people
- The role of work experience as an entry route into professions – and in particular unpaid internships
- Young people’s suggestions on how to improve social mobility through traditional professions
We’d like as many of you to contribute as possible, so please read the questions set out below then submit your thoughts and responses to Young Fabians Vice-Chair
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or add your thoughts to the blog before the 10th of March.
Everyone who responds will be invited to attend a roundtable event with Alan Milburn later in the year.
Questions:
1. Barriers
- Have you experienced barriers in entering your professions? Was it in relation to your background or school type?
- What financial obstacles or financial support did you encounter?
- How did you overcome the barriers you faced when entering your profession?
2. Work experience
- What are the typical routes into your profession? (e.g. are there specific courses or degrees necessary for entry)
- Did you use formal or informal networks to help you gain work experience, or to get into your profession?
- Did you receive funding for work experience and internships.
3. Our Suggestions
- How do you think access to different professions could be made fairer?
- What schemes are you aware of from business, the third sector or the public sector, which helped broaden access to your profession? (e.g. work shadowing or summer schools).
- Who do you think should be responsible for organising, funding and delivering these schemes? (Should it be the Government?)
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