School curricula matter for the transmission of social advantage

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The press release was based on Cristina Iannelli’s publication ‘The role of the school curriculum in social mobility’ in the British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume 34 (5/6), pp. 907-928.

The results of the article were reported and commented on in the The Scotsman (“Subjects key to success - not private school”), The Herald (“Middle classes ‘helped by choices at school’”), the Times Education Supplement (“Subjects have greater impact on social mobility than school type”) and the Scottish Daily Mail (“‘Three R’s’ lead to success in adulthood”).