The road not taken: the drivers of course selection
key details
| Value | £100,000 |
|---|---|
| Status | active |
| Category (CPV) | 85300000 |
| Deadline | 3 May 2019 |
| Contract start | 3 Jun 2019 |
| Contract end | 31 Mar 2020 |
| Procedure | open |
| SME suitable | Yes |
| OCID | ocds-b5fd17-7987f07a-affb-4e86-92c7-73f72956df3b |
description
The Social Mobility Commission is inviting proposals for research to understand why disadvantaged students tend to cluster in low returning courses.
Across both classroom-based technical education and workplace training (i.e. apprenticeships), research suggests that disadvantaged students tend to cluster in course subjects with the lowest wage returns and be dramatically underrepresented in subjects with high returns. This research will build on these findings to understand why. It will attempt to understand what factors are the most influential, and therefore where policy interventions could make the greatest difference.
The Commission hypothesises that the following factors may be influential in the determinants of course selection: prior attainment, entry level requirements, careers information, advice, and guidance, aspirational differences, parental influences, cultural factors, network effects, geographic availability and employer recruitment practices. This list is not exhaustive, and researchers should work with the Commission to shape the research with their own input.
documents
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0097ba0e-0d58-4f44-8195-cd3b96aba50d , tenderNotice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/867bb2b2-ddc1-40d6-b019-4803c262b869 , tenderNotice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/91514610-b938-4d3d-85d4-e3f2dd40bdab , tenderNotice
Documents are linked, not mirrored. They are served by the publishing authority and may require registration.
notice history
1 notice published against this procurement.
| Published | Type | Regime | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Apr 2019 | Tender amendment (tenderAmendment) | · | 0097ba0e-0d58-4f44-8195-cd3b96aba50d-286149 |
more from Department For Education
- Lot 12 - Free Breakfast Club Advisers (ECSC Framework) · 26 Jan 2026
- Longitudinal Study of Pupils with SEND · 11 Nov 2025
- Economics of Education Research Centre · 10 Nov 2025
- Educational Neuroscience Research Centre · 3 Nov 2025
- Burnside Secondary PRU - Main Works (con_28930) · £16,263,261 · 31 Oct 2025
- Angel Hill SEND School - Main Works (con_28716) · £20,295,148 · 30 Oct 2025
- Beaumont School - PCSA (con_28908) · £3,045,731 · 30 Oct 2025
- LLE Evaluation · 23 Oct 2025
all contracts from this buyer →
similar contracts awarded
Other awarded contracts in the same category. Useful for seeing who normally wins this kind of work, and at what value.
- Provision of Regulation 44 Independent Visitor Services for Children's Homes and the Secure Children's Home · Nottinghamshire County Council · £104,000
- SOL Youth Homelessness Accommodation 2026 · Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · £4,739,664
- Bedford Borough Council Temporary Accommodation Support Service · Bedford Borough Council · £1,375,000
- Safe Accommodation Support Service · Plymouth City Council · £2,086,302
- Brighton and Hove Council; Improving flow, process and waiting times · Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) · £22,750
- 18-25 Autism Support Service · Thurrock Council · £8,086,400
- SCE0053 - Saturday Day Services · Leicester City Council · £90,000
- Provision of All Age Statutory and Non-Statutory Advocacy Services · Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
source
Published on Contracts Finder. Contact details for named individuals are not reproduced on this site.