The grammar of selection Dr Chris Renwick, Department of History, University of York

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With the government resurrecting the idea of selection in schools, grammar school-educated Chris Renwick asks whether our understanding of social mobility is all it is cracked up to be. He explores – and often explodes – many of the myths surrounding the benefits of social mobility and the role it plays in the creation of a good and fair society.

In tracing the intellectual roots of the debate, Chris not only provides a reality check on the place of social mobility in progressive politics but also on the popular misconceptions of what actually happened during the so-called ‘golden age’ of social mobility.