This book explores employer engagement in education; how it is delivered and the differentiated impact it has on young people in their progression through schooling and higher education into the labour market. Rather than narrowly focusing on vocationalor technical education or work-related learning, it investigates how employer engagement (work experience, internships, careers education, workplace visits, mentoring, enterprise education etc) influences the experiences and outcomes of the broad range of young people across mainstream academic learning programmes. The chapters explore the different ways in which education can support or constrain social mobility and, in particular, how employer engagement in education can have significant impact upon social mobility - both positive and negative--