Focusing on education policy (schools, colleges and universities) and building upon recent YF work on social mobility, this group looked at policy solutions to ensure no-one is excluded from succeeding in education, work and life.

Much of the work of the Aspiration and Equality PDG took place online. The Chair of the group was based outside of London this encouraged members from all over the UK to participate.

Click here to read the themes for the Aspiration and Equality policy development group.

PAST EVENTS

• Replay the group's last online meeting from 2nd Sep (hosted here on the Young Fabian website) Alternative paths: Should we encourage alternatives to the school-sixth form-university route? (e.g. apprenticeships; entrepreneurialism/setting up own small businesses) How can we make adult education enticing? Should parents of young children be specifically targeted? This meeting will also incorporate the topics that were going to be covered in Tuesday's cancelled meeting - unionlearn, the experience of teachers' unions and the Worker's Educational Association.

OTHER LIVE WEBCHATS TO REPLAY: 

• 8th July 2010 - Replay the webchat here.
• 29th July 2010 - Replay the webchat here.
• 1st August 2010 - Replay the webchat here.
• 19th August 2010 - Replay the webchat here.
• 22nd August 2010 - Replay the webchat here.

Members of the Aspiration and Equality PDG have been posting on the YF blog:
Finding a difference is taxing - Dan Harkin
The Diploma debacle - Louie Woodall

Chair: Carla Powell

Carla has been teaching Design and Technology for 4 years in secondary education in the North East. She is an active trade unionist and has been a member of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) for five years and is involved with ATL Future – the section of the union for its young members – and the equalities steering group. 

Carla represents ATL within the TUC young members committee as vice-chair and has won the TUC young members award at TUC Congress as well as the Northern TUC award for active membership. She also sits on the Northern TUC executive committee.