This Bridge Group report found that standardised data from the SQE could help the sector better understand diversity issues and inform potential solutions. This data could also help both employers and aspiring solicitors make choices.
Read MoreThe Bridge Group collected data from eight major employers in the financial services sector resulting in this new report being published, and the creation of an independent task force.
Read MoreThe Bridge Group found that students from lower socio-economic backgrounds are less likely to be accepted at 16 out of 20 selective law schools.
Read MoreThe Employers’ Toolkit was produced in collaboration with the SMC and industry leaders to promote socio-economic diversity and inclusion, to ensure that talented individuals from lower socio-economic backgrounds are not overlooked.
Read MoreThe Bridge Group evaluates the impact of Access Accountancy work experience and analyses the diversity of applications and hires and membership of professional bodies.
Read MoreTwelve leading real estate firms have collaborated with the Bridge Group to understand how socio-economic background affects access to, and success in, the industry.
Read MoreThe Bridge Group has collaborated with Jerwood Arts to produce a landmark guide for tackling the arts sector’s ‘class crisis’.
Read MoreParticipants in this Bridge Group seminar recognised the huge potential of degree apprenticeships for social equality, particularly their capacity to diversify the HE and employer sectors and disrupt social segregation.
Read MoreThis report by the Bridge Group examines the influence of geographical isolation on progression to higher education.
Read MoreOn 21 May 2019, the Bridge Group held its headline event of the year. We convened over 200 leaders and experienced practitioners, from across sectors, to advance social equality.
Read MoreDiscussion at this Bridge Group summit focused on the dramatic fall in participation amongst part-time students, particularly since the 2012 funding reforms, and the urgency of reform in a number of areas for mature students.
Read MoreIn the largest cross-sector collaboration of social mobility analysis that has been attempted internationally, the accountancy profession has demonstrated its commitment to improving social mobility within the profession
Read MoreWorking with eight global law firms and the Sutton Trust, this study examines the correlation between background characteristics and early career progression in the legal profession.
Read MoreThis Bridge Group report places attention on uneven graduate outcomes by social background and situates the work of careers services at the heart of higher education activity to advance social equality
Read MoreThe Bridge Group joined with the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) to convene a seminar on university tuition fees.
Read MoreTo investigate diversity at Wellcome, the Bridge Group adopted a mixed methods approach, including analysis of application data and interviews with internal and external stakeholders.
Read MoreThe Bridge Group undertook an independent study considering the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) plans for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), and the impact it could have on diversity in the profession.
Read MoreThe Cabinet Office commissioned the Bridge Group to investigate diversity in the Civil Service Fast Stream programme, revealing that its intake was less diverse, in terms of socio-economic background, than that of the University of Oxford.
Read MoreThis Bridge Group report highlights the importance of a joined-up, collaborative approach to improve the graduate outcomes of individuals from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
Read MoreThe Bridge Group held three policy seminars to investigate challenges facing graduates from lower socio-economic backgrounds in progressing to employment.
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