The thing about being a working-class academic is we got here without private education,the ‘right’ accent,cultural capital,networks etc. And we ended up working alongside (therefore doing better than) ppl who had those socio-economic privileges. They could learn A LOT from us 
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W odpowiedzi do @Dr_LeanneDawson
I did some research on the Russell group selection process. It actually takes this into account which surprised me. If two students have the same grades but one is from mainstream/low socio economic status they apply a higher weighting to the grades 1/2
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W odpowiedzi do @gypsy_earth
It should be the other way round. They need to apply a lower weighting to the grades of the privately educated instead of seeing WC students as quotas and box ticking!
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W odpowiedzi do @Dr_LeanneDawson
Maybe it was lower to the privately educated. Whilst there is still plenty to do in the equity of experience to both class of students. I was pleased to see recognition for the barriers that have to be overcome by WC students.
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W odpowiedzi do @gypsy_earth @Dr_LeanneDawson
The weight is only applied at the undergraduate level, but not at the postgraduate level. Even then, usually what I find is the interview process is strongly bias towards students from more privileged backgrounds.
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W odpowiedzi do @azhir_io @Dr_LeanneDawson
Yes the research I did was only at undergrad. Some faired better than others in terms of interviews. Much more still to change without a doubt
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I’m of the opinion social mobility is getting worst year by year. It’s mostly a box ticking exercise these days. Just a form of tokenism without ever addressing fundamental issues.
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