We all know that the circumstances into which we are born play a huge part in determining our life chances, from family income and geography to disability and immigration status. Education is key to addressing these inequalities, but a new report by the Social Market Foundation think tank reveals how uneven access to knowledge is reinforcing these disparities, at the vital juncture between education and employment.
Critically, the report finds that access to 'assumed knowledge', which it defines as "the things that some might assume everyone instinctively knows about ‘how the system works'", is severely skewed towards young people from wealthier backgrounds, and those whose parents who have been to university.
