The UK's political & social-economic elites are more often educated at private school than the rest of the population....
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The UK's political & social-economic elites are more often educated at private school than the rest of the population....
Given, the problems the UK finds itself in (and the demand for 'change') perhaps we might wonder whether the underlying issue isn't productivity or management but rather the educational background of our political & business classes?
Perhaps that's what needs to change?
#politics #inequality #education
For more data from the Sutton Trust see:
https://elitistbritain.suttontrust.com
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The UK's political & social-economic elites are more often educated at private school than the rest of the population....
Given, the problems the UK finds itself in (and the demand for 'change') perhaps we might wonder whether the underlying issue isn't productivity or management but rather the educational background of our political & business classes?
Perhaps that's what needs to change?
#politics #inequality #education
For more data from the Sutton Trust see:
https://elitistbritain.suttontrust.com
@ChrisMayLA6 No “perhaps” about it, which returns us to the old question of “how do we depose an oppressive government without burning the whole (rest of) the country down?”
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The UK's political & social-economic elites are more often educated at private school than the rest of the population....
Given, the problems the UK finds itself in (and the demand for 'change') perhaps we might wonder whether the underlying issue isn't productivity or management but rather the educational background of our political & business classes?
Perhaps that's what needs to change?
#politics #inequality #education
For more data from the Sutton Trust see:
https://elitistbritain.suttontrust.com
Given such a siloed upbringing and education, where the elite have barely any interaction with wider society during their formative years, it is hardly any wonder that those who lead society are fundamentally clueless about the problems we face daily, and the way that society more broadly functions.
It is a reciped for exactly the kind of socio-politocal disaster we are facing today.
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The UK's political & social-economic elites are more often educated at private school than the rest of the population....
Given, the problems the UK finds itself in (and the demand for 'change') perhaps we might wonder whether the underlying issue isn't productivity or management but rather the educational background of our political & business classes?
Perhaps that's what needs to change?
#politics #inequality #education
For more data from the Sutton Trust see:
https://elitistbritain.suttontrust.com
@ChrisMayLA6 I think it's correlation. The wealthy powerful people who are likely to get into govt & leadership positions are those who send their children to private school.
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Given such a siloed upbringing and education, where the elite have barely any interaction with wider society during their formative years, it is hardly any wonder that those who lead society are fundamentally clueless about the problems we face daily, and the way that society more broadly functions.
It is a reciped for exactly the kind of socio-politocal disaster we are facing today.
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yes, agreed; the key thing is the network effect - very similar with oxbridge of course
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Given such a siloed upbringing and education, where the elite have barely any interaction with wider society during their formative years, it is hardly any wonder that those who lead society are fundamentally clueless about the problems we face daily, and the way that society more broadly functions.
It is a reciped for exactly the kind of socio-politocal disaster we are facing today.
@alexadeswift @ChrisMayLA6 Is it that? Or merely a learned lack of basic empathy and heightened self-regard? My thought turns to the young idiots driving their supercars through London.
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@ChrisMayLA6 I think it's correlation. The wealthy powerful people who are likely to get into govt & leadership positions are those who send their children to private school.
There's certainly a case for saying that privately educated students have on average more social and educational advantages because of their parents' superior wealth, but state grammar students generally match or exceed the privately-educated in exam results.
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There's certainly a case for saying that privately educated students have on average more social and educational advantages because of their parents' superior wealth, but state grammar students generally match or exceed the privately-educated in exam results.
@ReggieHere @ChrisMayLA6 Oh, sure, but generally they lack the *cachet* and connections.
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