Beyond the Academic
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:12:51 GMT
The Social Mobility Commission is inviting proposals for research to understand how inequalities in extracurricular participation, networks, and support for building soft skills impact on social mobility.
By soft skills, we mean skills such as persistence or self-control as well as employability skills, such as teamwork or interview skills. This research forms part of the Social Mobility Commission’s role to produce relevant research that provides new data and insights on social mobility in the UK.
The Social Mobility Commission wants better to understand the relationship between out-of-school support, soft skills, and social mobility to inform policy by commissioning a research project that aims to answer the following high-level research questions (more detail below):
- How does participation in extracurricular activities vary by socioeconomic background? How does it vary across independent versus state schools?
- How (if at all) has this changed over time, and why? How (if at all) has school funding influenced this?
- How do extracurricular activities, networks, soft skills, and aspirations influence academic attainment and employment outcomes for young people from advantaged and less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds?
- What types of soft skills do employers look for in new hires and how do levels of those skills vary by socioeconomic background?
- What types of extracurricular activities are available for those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and how well do they match emerging needs?
The contract is worth £35,000.
CPV: 73000000.
Closing date 14 Nov 18
