Three in five working class staff in post-16 education say their class is a barrier to career progression.
The finding is from a 
UCU report [430kb], which shows that working class employees in universities and colleges experience class based discrimination.
The report, 'the impact of social class on experiences of working in post-16 education', is based on a survey of around 4,000 (3,987) UCU members working in adult, further, higher and prison education. Around half (49%) of respondents described their background as working class, slightly lower than the 60% average across Britain.
