Improving social mobility in accountancy

Improving social mobility in accountancy

Research undertaken on behalf of Access Accountancy by the Bridge Group has revealed that while actions taken across the accountancy profession to improve social mobility has improved the understanding of young people from more challenging socio-economic backgrounds, there is still more to do.

In the largest cross-sector collaboration of social mobility analysis that has been attempted internationally, the accountancy profession has demonstrated its commitment to improving social mobility within the profession and that it is leading the way in trying to understand hiring practices and making substantive changes.