Ruth Lupton

Filling a youth-shaped gap in the FE White Paper: Reducing inequalities in post-16 progression

By Ruth Lupton, Stephanie Thomson, Lorna Unwin and Sanne Velthuis Filed Under: All posts, Education, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth Posted: February 8, 2021

The new Further Education (FE) White Paper claims its proposals will transform post-16 education and training in England. It acknowledges that not enough people develop technical skills at Level 3 and above. Yet it has nothing to say about the thousands of young people who do not progress smoothly from GCSEs to Level 3 programmes. […]

Ethnicity and gender in the Greater Manchester labour market

By Ruth Lupton Filed Under: All posts Posted: February 6, 2020

While male employment levels are roughly equal between ethnicities, women from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to be employed than their white peers. Here, Professor Ruth Lupton explores the reasons behind this disparity, and how policy and data-based approaches can help address it. Around 75% of white men are employed, while for the larger […]

Gender disparities in education

By Ruth Lupton Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Education Posted: January 9, 2020

While girls may have overtaken boys in terms of academic success, disadvantages remain for young people across all social groups and ethnicities. In this blog, Professor Ruth Lupton explores the reasons behind gender disparity, and how Greater Manchester authorities can set a national example. We can’t assume that the opportunity gaps for girls have been […]

A New Greater Manchester Partnership for Education, Skills and Training

By Ruth Lupton and Lorna Unwin Filed Under: Education, Urban Posted: March 6, 2019

The Greater Manchester Independent Prosperity Review, from a panel of leading economists, has listed among its key recommendations an idea Professor Ruth Lupton and Professor Lorna Unwin had put forward. Their idea is to create a Greater Manchester Partnership for Education, Skills and Training, with a similar ambition to the Greater Manchester Health and Social […]

Can Greater Manchester blaze the trail with an inclusive local industrial strategy?

By Ruth Lupton Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion, Urban Posted: March 4, 2019

Greater Manchester (GM) is one of a handful of ‘trailblazer’ areas selected to work with government on a local industrial strategy (LIS), due to be signed off in a few weeks’ time. As deliberations enter their final stages, Ruth Lupton, Head of the Inclusive Growth Analysis Unit (IGAU), looks at how the strategy might shape […]

What happens to those who ‘miss the mark’ in GCSE English and maths?

By Ruth Lupton, Sanne Velthuis, Stephanie Thomson and Lorna Unwin Filed Under: Education, Growth and Inclusion Posted: November 6, 2018

As part of the publication of a new working paper on the characteristics and post-16 transitions of GCSE ‘lower attainers,’ Ruth Lupton, Sanne Velthuis, Stephanie Thomson and Lorna Unwin reflect on the progress made by those with lower GCSE attainment during the 16-18 phase, and highlight the need for appropriate, high-quality post-16 provision for all […]

Inclusive Growth : what should be on the new Greater Manchester mayor’s agenda?

By Ruth Lupton Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Urban Posted: March 29, 2017

With the election of the Greater Manchester’s new metro mayor a few weeks away, the Inclusive Growth Analysis Unit are producing a number of short policy briefings around what policies the mayor could adopt around inclusive growth. Here, Professor Ruth Lupton summarises their first policy briefing and identifies some key priorities for the new mayor. […]

Inclusive Growth: Connecting world-leading research to our local communities

By Ruth Lupton Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion Posted: March 9, 2017

To celebrate the launch of the Manchester Urban Institute, and to highlight the expertise of its academics in terms of urban research, MUI have joined up with Policy@Manchester to deliver a series of blogs focused on the Manchester urban area. The Manchester Urban Institute’s Inclusive Growth Analysis Unit (IGAU) is one of the University of […]

Will the Mayor help Manchester get what it wants, this time?

By Ruth Lupton and Stephen Clarke Filed Under: All posts Posted: November 30, 2016

Looking forward to next May, when Greater Manchester elects its first Metro Mayor, Stephen Clarke of Resolution Foundation and Professor Ruth Lupton of the University of Manchester’s Inclusive Growth Analysis Unit highlight what they should do to tackle the disparity in living standards. People working in central Manchester earn £2.81 an hour more than those […]

Inclusive Growth: a collective endeavour

By Ruth Lupton and Ceri Hughes Filed Under: All posts, Inclusive Growth Posted: October 13, 2016

The concept of ‘inclusive growth’ – developing an economy that works for all – is one that is increasingly gaining ground. To make it a reality, however, we need a much more collective approach and one that industry and employers commit to, say Ruth Lupton and Ceri Hughes. Ambitions and appetite Although she didn’t say […]