socially mobile

The Sutton Trust says attending a selective university - such as those in the Russell Group of leading universities - gives young people the "best chance of being socially mobile".

The Sutton Trust says attending a selective university, like a Russell Group one, gives young people the "best chance of being socially mobile".

The Sutton Trust says attending a selective university, like a Russell Group university, gives young people the "best chance of being socially mobile".

"It is easy to disdain patriotism if someone is economically and socially mobile and derives their self-worth from a well-paid job, or if their life is made easier by cheap labour as a result of free movement."

Rereading recently the Snopes and Studs Lonigan trilogies, I was struck by their insight into the emotional debility and ruthlessness of socially mobile men.