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Building for the Future: Socio-economic diversity and inclusion in UK Real Estate

A Bridge Group study of leading real estate organisations has found they face a “stark lack” of socio-economic diversity, especially in senior roles.

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educationKate Newrick4 February 2025diversity and inclusion, social mobility, graduate outcomes, graduate
Roadblocks or Roadmaps: research into the undergraduate student experience

Research explores the connection between academic skills, sense of belonging, and financial pressures during university, and how they impact student success, especially for students from less advantaged backgrounds.

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educationKate Newrick2 October 2024diversity and inclusion, social mobility, graduate outcomes, graduate
Shaping the Sector: Socio-economic Diversity and Senior Roles in Financial Services

Largest-ever study into socio-economic diversity and progression in financial services shows improvements, but work still needs to be done. Research undertaken by the Bridge Group for not-for-profit membership body Progress Together.

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employmentKate Newrick2 October 2024diversity and inclusion, social mobility, financial services, finance, progress together, employment, accountancy
Uptree survey reveals young people’s work experiences

A recent survey conducted by Uptree, in partnership with the Bridge Group, sheds light on young people’s work experiences and identifies barriers to attendance..

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educationKate Newrick27 February 2024diversity and inclusion, social mobility, work experience, education
Slaughter and May's social mobility report

Slaughter and May has published its social mobility report, which sets targets for socio-economic diversity in its workforce, and explains the motivations behind the targets.

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employmentKate Newrick18 December 2023diversity and inclusion, social mobility, legal, employers, employment, targets
Levelling the playing field: New practical guide for closing your socio-economic pay gap

A practical guide to help organisations calculate their socio-economic pay gap, set meaningful targets for socio-economic diversity and drive change.

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employmentKate Newrick22 November 2023diversity and inclusion, social mobility, toolkit, levelling up, paygap, social mobility foundation, employment, employers
Moving up or moving on? Logistics and retail supporting UK social mobility

A pioneering new report from the Bridge Group demonstrates how logistics and retail employers play a pivotal role in shaping the economy and championing social mobility.

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employmentKate Newrick17 October 2023diversity and inclusion, social mobility, logistics, retail, employment, employers, geography
Outcomes for alumni of the Aspiring Professionals Programme

Research commissioned by the Social Mobility Foundation explores the early career and progression experiences of recent graduates from lower socio-economic backgrounds and how this compares with their more privileged peers.

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education, employmentKate Newrick5 October 2023diversity and inclusion, social mobility, social mobility foundation, graduate, graduate outcomes, progression, outreach
Shaping our Economy: senior roles in financial services and socio-economic diversity

Our new report ‘Shaping our Economy’ (commissioned by Progress Together) demonstrates that socio-economic background is more likely to impact a person’s route to success in financial services than gender or ethnicity.

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employmentKate Newrick21 September 2023diversity and inclusion, social mobility, employers, employment, progress together, progression, finance, financial services
Inclusive recruitment toolkit for the screen industries

In partnership with Screen Industries Growth Network (SIGN), the Bridge Group has produced a toolkit offering organisations in the screen industries a step-by-step approach to improving diversity

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employmentKate Newrick10 July 2023diversity and inclusion, social mobility, employers, employment, arts, toolkit, geography
KPMG progression gap analysis

In the biggest ‘progression gap’ analysis ever published by a business, the Bridge Group has analysed the career paths of over 16,500 partners and employees at KPMG over a five-year period.

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employmentRoksana N18 December 2022diversity and inclusion, social mobility, progression, KPMG, employers, employment, finance, financial services, background
Strengthening the evaluation of JDF partners' diversity initiatives

Research by the Bridge Group explored Judicial Diversity Forum (JDF) officials’ views and experiences of the outcomes and impact of their diversity and inclusion initiatives.

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employmentGuest User2 December 2022judicial, diversity and inclusion, social mobility, legal
Socio-economic diversity in the engineering sector: access, pay and progression

This Bridge Group report finds that professional roles in engineering are more socio-economically diverse than most other sectors, including journalism and law.

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education, employmentGuest User3 August 2022Engineering, Sutton Trust, progression, paygap, employers, background
UK Film Exhibition Workforce Survey

The Bridge Group collaborated with the Independent Cinema Office in the design and analysis of the UK film exhibition workforce survey, which provides a snapshot of who is working in film exhibition, what needs to change, and what skills and training the sector requires to develop.

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employmentRoksana N18 July 2022diversity and inclusion, social mobility, arts, background, geography, paygap
KPMG socio-economic background pay gap report

Using advice from the Bridge Group, KPMG published a firm-wide socio-economic background pay gaps report which aims for 29% working class representation by 2030.

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employmentRoksana N10 September 2021diversity and inclusion, social mobility, KPMG, background, employment, employers
Staying local: understanding the value of graduate retention for social equality

This Bridge Group report finds that the current narrative of graduate success, which emphasises high salaries as the most important measure, is neither accurate nor inclusive.

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education, employmentGuest User1 September 2021geography, graduate, graduate outcomes, higher education, employers, region, community, levelling up
Evaluation of London Healthcare Evaluation Group universities’ Covid-19 response in allied healthcare

This Bridge Group report for the London Healthcare Education Group describes the efforts made by healthcare students, university staff, NHS staff and the broader higher education community in London during the first wave of Covid-19.

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education, employmentGuest User3 July 2021pandemic, healthcare, university, community, medicine
Socio-economic diversity in the tech sector

The Sutton Trust have collaborated with the Bridge Group and eleven partnering employers to understand the socio-economic background of those working in tech roles and/or the tech sector.

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employmentRoksana N10 February 2021diversity and inclusion, social mobility, tech, Sutton Trust, background, employment, employers
Transforming access and student outcomes in higher education

According to TASO’s report, based on a review conducted by the Bridge Group and Coventry University, there is a severe lack of robust evidence on how to improve the retention and attainment of students from underrepresented backgrounds in HE.

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educationRoksana N19 November 2020diversity and inclusion, social mobility, education, higher education, background, graduate outcomes
Socio-economic diversity and progression to partner in the law

Ten leading law firms have collaborated with the Bridge Group to understand whether, and how, socio-economic background affects progression to partner.

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employmentGuest User3 November 2020law, progression, partners, legal, diversity, employers
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