Professor Alice Sullivan Professor of Sociology, UCL Instituteof Education, Dept of Social Science, & Director of the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70), Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS).
Alice talks about social class and gender differences in educational attainment and social mobility. She address' the roles of children's home backgrounds and their schooling, and explains the importance of 'cultural capital' and the power of reading for pleasure.
Chair: Professor Becky Francis, Director, UCL Institute of Education
Respondent: Professor Heather Joshi, UCL Institute of Education