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SUMMARY:How do Britain’s private schools reproduce privilege?
LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (Ma
 laysia Auditorium\, Centre Building)
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 28 October 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakersTiwa AdebayoProf
 essor Annette LareauProfessor Lee Elliot MajorDr Emma TaylorChairProfessor
  Mike SavageIt is no secret that the alumni of Britain’s elite schools r
 emain disproportionately represented in positions of power and influence. 
 But what is it about these institutions that gives their students such a l
 asting advantage? This event marks the launch of An Elite Education: How P
 rivilege is Produced in a Private School by Emma Taylor.Drawing on an in-d
 epth ethnography of one of Britain’s most prestigious private schools\, 
 Taylor explores how these institutions cultivate the dispositions that pro
 pel students into elite universities and professions. Central to the book 
 is the concept of audacity\, a carefully nurtured sense of privilege that 
 is often mistaken for merit. Beneath the formal façade of architecture\, 
 traditions and rituals lies a complex web of everyday interactions through
  which students learn to assert themselves without fear of consequence. Br
 inging together a panel of key scholars and activists in the field\, this 
 event will examine how such taken-for-granted dispositions continue to sha
 pe access to opportunity and the reproduction of privilege in Britain.Meet
  our speakers and chairTiwa Adebayo is an experienced journalist\, broadca
 ster and former financial services professional\, she currently works at B
 loomberg News. Prior to joining Bloomberg\, Tiwa worked extensively as a f
 reelance journalist writing articles for publications including British Vo
 gue and The Independent. A key area of focus for Tiwa is education. In 202
 0\, her widely publicised open letter about racism in the UK private schoo
 l system led to an advisory relationship with the Department for Education
 .Annette Lareau is the author of the award-winning books Unequal Childhood
 s\, Home Advantage\, and Listening to People. With Blair Sackett\, she aut
 hored We Thought It Would be Heaven: Refugees in an Unequal America. She i
 s writing a book\, to be published with University of California Press\, o
 n the impact of wealth on family life. She is Professor (emeritus) in the 
 Department of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Annette Lareau 
 is a Past President of the American Sociological Association.Lee Elliot Ma
 jor is Britain’s first Professor of Social Mobility at the University of
  Exeter\, and an Associate at LSE's Centre for Economic Performance. He ad
 vises education\, government and business leaders\, and was formerly CEO o
 f the Sutton Trust. His award-winning books include Social Mobility and It
 s Enemies\, and Equity in Education. His forthcoming book\, Cracking the C
 lass Code\, examines barriers to opportunity in elite workplaces. He was a
 warded an OBE for services to social mobility.Emma Taylor is a Lecturer in
  Education at King’s Academy\, the education development centre at King
 ’s College London. She was previously an LSE Fellow in Interdisciplinary
  Social Science and a Leverhulme Doctoral Scholar in the LSE Department of
  Sociology\, supported by the International Inequalities Institute. Prior 
 to her academic career\, she spent 15 years teaching in secondary schools\
 , an experience that continues to inform her teaching and research in high
 er education.Mike Savage is Professorial Research Fellow at the Internatio
 nal Inequalities Institute. Mike has long standing interests in analysing 
 social stratification and inequality. He has played a major role in the re
 vival of the sociology of social class in recent decades so that it has be
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