Harriet Bradley is Professor Emerita at Bristol and West of England Universities and Fellow of the Academy of Social Science.Richard Waller is Professor of Education and Social Justice at the University of the West of England, Bristol, where he has worked since 1995.Laura Bentley is an ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham. She is the principal investigator for the project Still Jenny from the Block? Working-class women, higher education and social mobility in the COVID context.

• Introduction Chapter 1. Young Graduates’ Employment Trajectories in Context Chapter 2. The Paired Peers Project and its Findings Chapter 3. Reaching for the Top: Middle-Class Men’s Work Stories Chapter 4. Slow Train to the Top? Middle-class Women’s Narratives of Building a Career Chapter 5. Making their Way: Working-Class Men’s Work Stories Chapter 6. Confronting Double Disadvantage: Working-class Women Chapter 7. Conclusions

Harriet Bradley is Professor Emerita at Bristol and West of England Universities and Fellow of the Academy of Social Science.Richard Waller is Professor of Education and Social Justice at the University of the West of England, Bristol, where he has worked since 1995.Laura Bentley is an ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham. She is the principal investigator for the project Still Jenny from the Block? Working-class women, higher education and social mobility in the COVID context.

• Introduction Chapter 1. Young Graduates’ Employment Trajectories in Context Chapter 2. The Paired Peers Project and its Findings Chapter 3. Reaching for the Top: Middle-Class Men’s Work Stories Chapter 4. Slow Train to the Top? Middle-class Women’s Narratives of Building a Career Chapter 5. Making their Way: Working-Class Men’s Work Stories Chapter 6. Confronting Double Disadvantage: Working-class Women Chapter 7. Conclusions

Harriet Bradley is Professor Emerita at Bristol and West of England Universities and Fellow of the Academy of Social Science.Richard Waller is Professor of Education and Social Justice at the University of the West of England, Bristol, where he has worked since 1995.Laura Bentley is an ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham. She is the principal investigator for the project Still Jenny from the Block? Working-class women, higher education and social mobility in the COVID context.

• Introduction Chapter 1. Young Graduates’ Employment Trajectories in Context Chapter 2. The Paired Peers Project and its Findings Chapter 3. Reaching for the Top: Middle-Class Men’s Work Stories Chapter 4. Slow Train to the Top? Middle-class Women’s Narratives of Building a Career Chapter 5. Making their Way: Working-Class Men’s Work Stories Chapter 6. Confronting Double Disadvantage: Working-class Women Chapter 7. Conclusions