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Think tank: Social Market Foundation
Author(s): Dani Payne
June 9, 2025
This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation explores how universities can contribute to social mobility in their regions.
Social mobility has been a long-running theme in UK politics, seen as a way of enabling equality of opportunity. Universities are at the heart of these efforts: graduates earn more on average, and attending university has been found to narrow the class pay gap.
This paper explores how universities can further enhance social mobility, by embracing a placed-based approach that ensures their role as hubs for their communities.
