1. Making Access Count in the 2010s Dr. Graeme Atherton Head AccessHE, Director, National Education Opportunities Network (NEON)

2. What matters to the Prime Minister "What I want to see is a more socially mobile Britain. I want to see a Britain where no matter where you come from, what god you worship, the colour of your skin, what community you belong to, you can get to the top in television, the judiciary, armed services, politics, newspapers. A lot of these areas are important." David Cameron, November 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/14/da vid-cameron-social-mobility-major

3. 20 th Century social mobility

4. Poor young people going to very selective universities and then entering the elite The ‘grammar school’ experience Long range and narrow inter-generational progression

5. 21 st Century Social Mobility Highly diverse labour market – ‘good jobs’ are changing Social mobility short range (up and down?) as careers change over the life course A differentiated HE system and pathways to it essential in 21 st century economy The elite matters: but we can’t all be in it

6. What matters to HEFCE..?

7. What matters to the Treasury? https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/university-degrees-impact-on- lifecycle-of-earnings

8. What matters to BIS? https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/254101/bis-13- 1268-benefits-of-higher-education-participation-the-quadrants.pdf

9. In an (a)ccess bubble?

10. Who is in the Bubble? HEIs SCHOOLS FE THIRD SECTOR STUDENT UNIONS EMPLOYERS CAREERS STUDENTS NETWORKS POLICYMAKERS

11. Breaking out of the bubble What is the (a)ccess story? What is the (A)ccess story? How do the 2 relate? How do we tell it together?

12. To contact me and learn more about my work: Graeme.atherton@londonhigher.ac.uk www.accesshe.ac.uk www.educationopportunities.co.uk