In this episode we are joined by Marie-Pierre Moreau is Professor in Sociology of Education, Work and Inequalities and Education Research Lead at Anglia Ruskin University, Dr Kate Hoskins who is a Reader in Education at Brunel University, and Dr Ellen McHugh who is a Lecturer in Education at Brunel University.

We discuss the impact of expanding education on the transition from PhD to academic in the UK. Focusing on supervisors as gatekeepers, with the ability to give and withdraw opportunities this discussion focuses on how the equity and privilege related to gender, social class and ethnicity play out and are mediated by doctoral supervisors in access to academic positions.