Lee Elliot Major OBE is Professor of Social Mobility at the University of Exeter, Britain's first professor in the field. His work is dedicated to improving the prospects of disadvantaged young people.
He grew up
in Feltham, west London, and lived in a shared house on social security after
his parents split up. He worked as a dustman and street cleaner, gained a BSc
in physics and PhD in theoretical physics at the University of Sheffield, and
an MSc Science Communication at Imperial College, London, in 1994.
Professor
Major argues that social mobility is about securing decent jobs in local
communities, not just catapulting a lucky few to the top.
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