This paper problematises the concept of social mobility through an exploration of it in relation to Higher Education policy in England. Based upon a content analysis of a number of key policy documents from distinct eras, it identifies definitions and understandings of social mobility within them, exploring how such references have changed over time, and critiquing the differences between the imagined ideals of what policy rhetoric seeks to do and the reality of policy implementation. In particular, it considers the characterisation of social mobility as an individualised concern; it positions aspirations of improving social mobility within the market of Higher Education; and it ultimately asks whether Higher Education can solve the government's social mobility problem.

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与高等教育政策相关的社会流动问题

本文通过对与英国高等教育政策相关的社会流动性概念的探索，对社会流动性的概念进行了质疑。基于对不同时代的一些关键政策文件的内容分析，它确定了其中对社会流动的定义和理解，探索了这些参考是如何随着时间的推移而变化的，并批判了政策修辞所寻求的想象理想之间的差异做和政策执行的现实。尤其是，它将社会流动的特征视为个性化的关注点；它将提高高等教育市场中社会流动性的愿望定位；它最终问的是高等教育能否解决政府的社会流动问题。