The Panel on Fair Access to the professions has published its final report. Lead by the Rt Hon. Alan Milburn its 18 panel members examined the barriers and pathways to reaching professions for all people - regardless of their background.
The report was commissioned by the Prime Minister following the New Opportunities White Paper which examined the issue of social mobility and its importance for the economy and social justice, ensuring everyone has the chance to fulfil their potential and secure the jobs of the future.
- Unleashing Aspiration: The Final Report of the Panel on Fair Access to the Professions [PDF 614KB, 167 pages]
- Unleashing Aspiration Summary and recommendations of the full report [PDF 359KB, 64 pages]
The Panel on Fair Access to the Professions was announced on the 13th January 2009. The Panel will complement measures contained in the New Opportunities White Paper [External website].
The Panel will look at the processes and structures that govern recruitment into key professions. It will identify actions that the professions, supported by government where relevant, could undertake to improve access into professions.
The Panel will run until summer 2009 supported by a secretariat based in the Cabinet Office.
National Youth Survey for the Panel released
- Fair Access - national youth survey results [PDF 160KB, 27 pages]
Fair Access: Good Practice paper released
The Panel on Fair Access to the Professions has published a Phase 2 report outlining the good practice currently underway to support fair access to the Professions.
This lays down a foundation to all the professions, as well as employers and the Government to rise to the challenge to now go further and faster in breaking down the practical barriers that stand in the way of talented young people across the country being able to realise their aspirations
- Fair Access: Good Practice - a Phase 2 report from the Panel [PDF 223KB, 46 pages]
- Annex to the Phase 2 report [PDF 67KB, 3 pages]
- Fair Access: Call for Evidence Summary [PDF 193KB, 54 pages]
Research paper released:
The Panel on Fair Access to the Professions has published a research paper highlighting key trends and issues in access to the Professions. The report identifies where progress had been made to widen access to the Professions for young people but also identifies where barriers still exist. for young people but also identifies where barriers still exist.
- Fair Access Panel Research Paper [PDF 452KB, 52 pages]
Meeting information
List of Panel Members
- Chair
Rt. Hon. Alan Milburn MP - Academia
Professor Madeleine Atkins, Vice-Chancellor, Coventry University - Accountacy and Business Advice
Neil Sherlock, KPMG - Armed Forces
Major General David McDowall MBE, Armed Forces - Arts
Jude Kelly, Artistic Director, Southbank Centre - Architecture
Sunand Prasad, President, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) - Civil Service
Gill Rider, Director General, Civil Service Capability Group - Engineering
Philip Greenish CBE, Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Engineering - Expert
Trevor Phillips OBE, Head of Commission for Equalities and Human Rights - Expert
Geoffrey Vos QC, Chairman of The Social Mobility Foundation - Finance
Azeem Ibrahim, founder of the European Commerce and Mercantile Bank - Journalism
Elinor Goodman, Freelance journalist and former political editor of channel 4 news - Law
Lord David Neuberger PC QC - Local Government
Katherine Kerswell, Chief Executive, Northampton County Council - Media
Michael Grade CBE, Executive Chairman, ITV - Medicine
Professor Sir John Tooke, Dean, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry - Police
Sara Thornton, Chief Constable, Thames Valley Police - Politics
Baroness Gillian Shephard, Conservative Peer - Publishing
Gail Rebuck, Chair and Chief Executive, Random House - Science
Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal - Unions
Francis O’Grady, Deputy General Secretary, TUC
List of Panel Members [PDF 74KB,1 page]
Further details
- Press Notice announcing the Panel
- Terms of Reference for the Panel [PDF 75KB, 1 page]
- Frequently Asked Questions about the Panel [PDF 70KB, 2 pages]
This page will be regularly updated as the Panel’s work progresses.
You can contact The Panel on Fair Access to the Professions by email: access.professions@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk
or in writing at:
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