Kate Hoskins is Professor in Education at Brunel University of London. Her research interests rest on the intersections between education and social policy, identity and inequalities in relation to early years, further and higher education. Kate's most recent research on social mobility with Professor Bernard Barker entitled STEM, Social Mobility and Equality examines the role of the family in inträ and inter¿generational social movement. They take a unique genealogical approach to researching social mobility, using a university chemistry department as a case study to explore participants' motives for pursuing a STEM undergraduate degree and the influences that have shaped them.

Bernard Barker is Emeritus Professor of educational leadership and management at the School of Education, University of Leicester and governor of Cambourne Village College near Cambridge. His recent publications include The Pendulum Swings: Transforming School Reform (2010), Human Resource Management in Education: Contexts, Themes and Impact, with Justine Mercer and Richard Bird (2010), Education and Social Mobility: Dreams of Success (2014) with Kate Hoskins, Busking Latin: A Memoir (2019), STEM, Social Mobility and Equality, also with Kate Hoskins (2020) and Travels with a Honda in Yorkshire (2023).