Video FAQs about social mobility and the Bridge Group

EMPLOYER GUIDANCE: Why are research and target-setting good for social mobility?

In this five minute clip, Bridge Group CEO, Nik Miller, discusses the power of collaboration for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. He asks the questions: Why does social mobility matter? How can we improve social mobility? And why should we set social mobility targets?

UNDERSTANDING THE DATA: How do qualitative methods help us in our research relating to socio-economic background?

In this two minute clip, the Bridge Group's Senior Researcher (Qualitive Analysis), Dr Aleksandra Kubica, talks about the reasons why we use qualitative methods and how we should create a sample of interviewees.

UNDERSTANDING THE DATA: What is the legal status of socio-economic background data? How should it be stored and handled?

In this six minute clip, Bonita de Boer, Head of Operations at the Bridge Group, looks at the legal status of socio-economic background data and why we recommend you treat it as per ‘Special Category’.

The clip was taken from our webinar on collecting socio-economic background data. You can watch a recording of the webinar here.

UNDERSTANDING THE DATA: Why do we use specific markers of socio-economic background?

In this 3 minute clip, Dr Helen Wareham, Senior Data Analyst at the Bridge Group, explains why we use specific markers of socio-economic background, such as the job type of the highest earner in the household where somebody grew up.

PROGRESSION AFTER UNIVERSITY: Why do university graduates from lower socio-economic groups earn less?

In this 3 minute clip, Nik Miller, CEO of the Bridge Group, addresses the fact that graduates from lower socio-economic backgrounds earn 10% less than their peers, and why this might be.

The clip was taken from the Bridge Group’s Conference in 2019. You can find out more about the conference here.

PROGRESSION AFTER UNIVERSITY: How do people from lower socio-economic backgrounds perform in the workplace?

In this 2 minute clip, Nik Miller, CEO of the Bridge Group, provides compelling evidence that people from lower socio-economic backgrounds outperform their peers in the legal sector.

The clip was taken from the Bridge Group’s Conference in 2019. You can find out more about the conference here.