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Lee Elliot Majoris the UK's first Professor of Social Mobility, based at the University of Exeter. His Penguin book Social Mobility and Its Enemies, co-authored with Stephen Machin, has attracted attention across the world. His book What Works? (Bloomsbury, 2019), provides evidence-informed tips for teachers to improving learning. He was formerly Chief Executive of the Sutton Trust and a trustee of the Education Endowment Foundation. He has a PhD in theoretical physics, and was previously a journalist working for the Guardian and THES. He is the first in his family to attend university. Lee was awarded an OBE in 2019.Stephen Machinis Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, has been President of the European Association of Labour Economists, is a Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists and was an independent member of the UK Low Pay Commission from 2007–14. He has researched extensively in various areas of empirical economics, including current research interests in the areas of labour market inequality, social mobility, the economics of education and the economics of crime.