People Like Us: What It Takes To Make It In Modern Britain [Book Review]

In the UK there’s a word that gets ignored a lot when it comes to Diversity and Inclusion - that word is class

Find out about a book that discusses class and social mobility; two closely related concepts that are talked and also not talked about in the UK

Here are some key messages from this episode:

• Two types of Social Mobility you need to understand
• The relationship between Social Mobility and Social Capital
• The Models of Social Mobility that you didn't realise you knew and much more

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Here are some key takeaways from this episode:

Social Mobility is difficult but possible

“A premise of the book is that the author is stating his experiences to inform and inspire others. It’s intended as a case study to say it’s not easy but it’s possible”

Social Mobility takes Social Capital and Cultural Capital

“It could be argued that social mobility is a journey of acquiring social capital and cultural capital; this book is how and why you should accumulate social capital and cultural capital to become socially mobile”

Social Mobility takes Confidence and Competence

“Enjoyable, entertaining and also frustrating ; it describes confidence as a quality that can be learned and developed but also it’s not always justified”

Here are some resources so you can go deeper: 

Letter from Dame Martina Milburn to the Prime Minister

Alan Milburn on quitting social mobility commission

People Like Us: What it Takes to Make it in Modern

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