Full report Speaking up: Accents and Social Mobility
Report authors Erez Levon, Devyani Sharma, Christian Ilbury
Published by Sutton Trust, November 2022
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE
The range of accents in the UK is among the most diverse in the English-speaking world. These include “traditional” accents like brummie, cockney, geordie or scouse, the standard accent known as received pronunciation or “the Queen's English”, and newer accents such as “estuary English” and “general northern English”. Accents have long been associated with class and social status and there is evidence to suggest they can hold people back with employers and others making judgments about someone's intelligence or ability based on the way they speak. Researchers from the Accent Bias in Britain project wanted to explore the role accents play as young people move through education into the workplace.
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