Every Prime Minister since the end of World War Two who has attended an English University has attended just one institution: Oxford.

Meanwhile, 100,000s of children leave school each year without the basics to get on in life. Britain suffers from low social mobility. But how can we improve it? Our panel will discuss potential solutions, and you the audience will vote on the solution.

This event is part of the ESRC's Festival of Social Science. It is free to attend and open to all. Places are offered on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Speakers

Sanchia Berg is s a senior BBC reporter/correspondent. She works on Radio 4's Today Programme and on BBC2's Newsnight, specialising in Education and Social Affairs.

Lee Elliot Major is Professor of Practice at the University of Exeter and former CEO of the Sutton Trust.

Stephen Machin (chair) is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics.

About the book

Co-authors Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin introduce groundbreaking research in their best-selling book Social mobility and its enemies;  sparking discussion of what can be done to improve social mobility that goes beyond the sphere of education.