Education and Social Mobility in Scotland in the 20th Century
Conference on Education and Social Mobility, 13 June 2005
A public conference on Education and Social Mobility was held on 13 June 2005 at the University of Edinburgh. The conference was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and marked the end of the ESRC-funded research project "Education and Social Mobility in Scotland in the 20th Century". This project was conducted by Dr Cristina Iannelli and Professor Lindsay Paterson, with the administrative support of Moira Burke. A summary of the main results from the project was presented at the conference and their policy implications were discussed. The presentations also focused on fundamental ethical and political principles which underpin debates about social mobility and education and on some specific issues in educational policy in Scotland and England. The conference was chaired by Professor Robert Cormack (Principal of the UHI Millennium Institute) and the speakers were Dr Adam Swift (Balliol College, Oxford), Professor Stephen Baron (Strathclyde University, and Institute of Education, London) and Dr Cristina Iannelli and Professor Lindsay Paterson (Moray House School of Education, Edinburgh University). The conference was attended by 66 people who came from eight universities in England and Scotland, the Scottish Executive, three Scottish local authorities, various public bodies in Scottish education, and various voluntary-sector organisations in Scottish education.
The following are accessible via the web-links below:
• The conference programme
• Biographical notes on the Chair and Speakers
• Abstracts for the presentations
• The conference presentations
• A full list of participants and their details