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Being a disadvantaged, high achieving young person in London is tough. But being a disadvantaged, high achieving young person outside the capital is even tougher, according to a report published by the all-parliamentary group on social mobility. The group’s chair, Damian Hinds MP, recently called a debate on the way in which educational attainment amongst […]
So far this year, the charity has recruited five new members of staff, enabling us to help even more young people from our London office and – from September 2014 onwards – via our new North West hub in Manchester. The new members of our team have explained exactly why they’re excited to start work […]
The Whitehall Internship Programme offers students from across the UK a chance to see how the government operates. You don’t need to be interested in politics to apply, as students have the opportunity to work across different departments, such as the Department for Education, the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. […]
Every year, the SMF runs a nationwide competition for students on our Aspiring Professionals Programme to produce the best written account of their internship experience. We received many fantastic entries from SMF students across the country, and were very impressed with how all the students’ entries reflected the different ways in which they had embraced […]
The Social Mobility Foundation opened applications for its 2014 programmes on Saturday 23rd November, having added two new residential programmes for students interested in accountancy and engineering. For more information about our different programmes, please click here. Applications are now open and will close at 9am on Monday 27th January 2014.
The Social Mobility Foundation is delighted to welcome CH2M HILL and KPMG to its network of supporters. Both firms will be enabling the charity to run the first residential programmes in the engineering and accountancy sectors so that students, regardless of where they live in the UK, will be able to access tailored support to […]
No matter what sector they’re interested in, we offer SMF students the chance to undertake a placement with an MP, including each of the three party leaders.
Greg Banner has once again completed a gruelling psychical challenge in aid of the SMF. Last year, Greg completed the Vancouver to Whistler GranFondo, a 122km bike race in 4hrs 25 mins and this year he has completed Canada’s Iron Man Challenge in just over 12 hours!
The summer of 2013 was very busy for the young people on our flagship Aspiring Professionals Programme. As Aimee Welch, Programme Coordinator writes, the students have been offered a wealth of opportunities from undertaking prestigious internships, to visiting top universities across the country and even meeting the Prime Minister.
