Bath experts available to comment on government’s levelling up plan

Dr Michael Donnelly (Education) and Dr Ricky Kanabar (Social & Policy Sciences) comment on the government's levelling up White Paper. University of Bath experts in social policy and education can be available for media interviews in relation to the government's plan for -Levelling Up-. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove today unveiled the strategy , which is described as the -biggest shift of power for Whitehall to local leaders in modern times-. Dr Michael Donnelly is Associate Professor in the Department of Education at Bath. His work looks at geographies of education, including both social and spatial mobility (ie. how social mobility is not simply about wealth, but also inequities in opportunity for people growing up in different parts of the country). Last year Michael was a key contributor to the Academy of Social Sciences- report -A place to be- , which examined the levelling up agenda and the contributions the social sciences can make to improve local economic growth, private sector businesses, local public services and quality of life in cities, regions and countries across the UK.