INVITATION TO TENDER (ITT) for Deepdives into Social Mobility: A Local Perspective

Description

The Social Mobility Commission (SMC) is interested in commissioning research to understand regional disparities and challenges in areas with poor mobility and prosperity. Our motivation stems from the need to understand the complex issues that keep some areas, and people, from thriving. State of the Nation 2023 (SoN23) shows very clear inequalities of mobility across the country, captured in our regional analysis of mobility rates and drivers. But the findings also show that descriptive statistics, even when split by protected characteristics and socio-economic background, cannot fully capture underlying causes. Every pattern has exceptions, and not every cause can be brought out by the data. Our current Index uses the best available data to construct regional indicators of early-life mobility outcomes, and of the drivers of mobility. The drivers of social mobility in our Index are there because there is evidence that they affect aggregate rates of social mobility at a national level. Yet, at lower geographical levels, there are individuals and local factors affecting social mobility, and for many of these, no data is currently available. So the Commission is keen to develop …

Official publications

• Social Mobility Commission - Perceptions of Social Mobility Research
  Published: 22 January 2025
• SMC) requires a new corporate identity
  Published: 23 December 2024
• INVITATION TO TENDER (ITT) for Deepdives into Social Mobility: A Local Perspective
  Published: 16 December 2024
• Invitation to Tender (ITT) for Social Mobility Commission State of the Nation 2025 and 2026 Research
  Published: 11 November 2024
• Invitation to Tender (ITT) for University Benchmarks for Better Social Mobility
  Published: 20 March 2024
• INVITATION TO TENDER (ITT) to be an expert adviser for the Social Mobility Commission on a specific academic and/or policy area for the…
  Published: 20 March 2024
• Invitation to Tender (ITT) for Social Mobility Commission State of the Nation 2024
  Published: 18 January 2024

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The submission deadline is 16 August 2024, 16:00. Check the official source, as dates can be modified.

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