<description>&lt;div&gt;Professor Lee Elliot Major, who is Britain's first professor of Social Mobility based at the University of Exeter, is our guest in this penultimate episode of Season 7.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; In his latest book, Equity in Education, he argues for a new approach and language to improve upward mobility. In his book, children are not disadvantaged instead they are under resourced.  Does language matter?&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Season 7 of the We Society Podcast from the Academy of Social Sciences continues to tackle the big questions through a social science lens. &lt;strong&gt;Throughout this podcast, you'll hear some of the best ideas to shape the way we live.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Hosted by journalist and Academy President Will Hutton, we interview some of Britain’s top social scientists and public figures from across the globe to explore their evidence-led solutions to society’s most pressing problems.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Don't want to miss an episode? Follow the We Society on your favourite podcast platform and you can email us on wesociety@acss.org.uk and tell us who we should be speaking to or follow us on X &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/AcadSocSciences"&gt;https://twitter.com/AcadSocSciences&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Find out more about the Academy of Social Sciences here:&lt;a href="https://acss.org.uk/"&gt; https://AcSS.org.uk&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </description>

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S7 Ep6: Improving social mobility through education and language with Lee Elliot Major

FEB 19, 202531 MIN
The We Society

S7 Ep6: Improving social mobility through education and language with Lee Elliot Major

FEB 19, 202531 MIN

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<div>Professor Lee Elliot Major, who is Britain's first professor of Social Mobility based at the University of Exeter, is our guest in this penultimate episode of Season 7.<br> <br> In his latest book, Equity in Education, he argues for a new approach and language to improve upward mobility. In his book, children are not disadvantaged instead they are under resourced.  Does language matter?<br> <br> Season 7 of the We Society Podcast from the Academy of Social Sciences continues to tackle the big questions through a social science lens. <strong>Throughout this podcast, you'll hear some of the best ideas to shape the way we live.</strong><br> <br> Hosted by journalist and Academy President Will Hutton, we interview some of Britain’s top social scientists and public figures from across the globe to explore their evidence-led solutions to society’s most pressing problems.<br> <br> Don't want to miss an episode? Follow the We Society on your favourite podcast platform and you can email us on [email protected] and tell us who we should be speaking to or follow us on X <a href="https://twitter.com/AcadSocSciences">https://twitter.com/AcadSocSciences</a><br> <br> Find out more about the Academy of Social Sciences here:<a href="https://acss.org.uk/"> https://AcSS.org.uk</a> </div>