Jack and Rose, the main characters in the movie Titanic, definitely had a meaningful interaction.
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To really understand social interactions, researchers need to look beyond figures like mobile phone location data.
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Britain’s most famous iconoclast presents a show of humour, beauty, and irreverence that reflects the complexities and contradictions in being human.
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It cannot be assumed that education policy will boost social mobility.
Ad agencies developed distinct ads for the U.S. military to reach different demographics over the years.
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The US military’s switch to an all-volunteer force in 1973 led to a series of magazine ads that sought to portray military service as a way for women and people of color to move up in society.
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Australia’s education system is not doing that well in correcting for the disadvantage students face in the classroom.
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Disabled young people from a low social class background fare much worse in the labour market.
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Children from poorer backgrounds do worse at every stage of the education system.
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Climbing the ladder is not a simple process.
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In 1992 64% of the top 1% had been there the year before. By 2017 that proportion had grown to 73%.
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Accountancy firm KPMG’s plans for greater social balance should be applauded.
Biden laid out an ambitious agenda to Congress with a historic backdrop.
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Three scholars examine President Biden’s rhetoric, the symbolism and the several ambitious plans he proposed in his first address to Congress.
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The experience of upward social mobility through education can have unexpected emotional costs – particularly for graduates from the working class.
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Students viewed going to university as insurance against downward social mobility, as well as a chance to become more independent and contribute to society.
Donald Trump rides an escalator to announce his candidacy for the U.S. presidency at Trump Tower on June 16, 2015, in New York City.
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Candidates from both the right and the left use the escalator as a metaphor for the economic perils – and perks – of upward social mobility.
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State-funded nursery schools now fill significant gaps in welfare provision in England.
Chaucer commended those who followed their societal roles and condemned those who didn’t.
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Poets and the wealthy were angered by those who saw their opportunity to rise above their station after the plague.
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Students who struggled at school can flourish in further education colleges.
British working class and ethnic accents still face the same negative bias they did 50 years ago.
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Examining current attitudes to accents in Britain, do the same biases hold true as they did 50 years ago and what does that mean when it comes to the interview process?
Albanese describes Australia as presently in a ‘productivity recession’.
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In his second “vision statement” Albanese says he wants to pursue his “productivity project”, and paints himself as a fiscal conservative well removed from Bill Shorten’s tax and spend approach.
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Like students, academics from working-class backgrounds may also prefer not to work at elite universities.