Published date: 26 April 2019
Last edited date: 26 April 2019
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Contract summary
Industry
Social work and related services - 85300000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£70,000 to £100,000
Procurement reference
1592
Published date
26 April 2019
Closing date
3 May 2019
Contract start date
3 June 2019
Contract end date
31 March 2020
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (below threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
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.
More information
Attachments
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- 1592 The road not taken the drivers of course selection.ITT.docx
- Tender notice
- Invitation to tender letter
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- SMC General clarification questions.docx
- Tender notice
- Clarifications
About the buyer
Address
Social Mobility Commission
Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England
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Closing: 3 May 2019