Session 1

Mobility is…

• The ablilty to move freely and easily
• Movement in any form to fulfil our needs 

Types of mobility

Assisted mobility

• Disabled and elderly are groups who may need additional help to move physically 
• To bridge the distances, both physically and socially
• Fosters independence
• So they can be part of community 
• lack of mobility can lead to loss of independence, self worth, sense of belonging, jobs, income, many more
• Tech/ devices, treatment/ theraphy, opportunities, govt policies can help
• Tech
  • Exoskeleton
  • Robotic arms and legs
  • Synthetic limbs 
• Treatment/ theraphy
  • Occupational theraphy
  • Physioteheraphy
• Opportunities
  • Companies give things like more flexible working hours etc
  • SG Enable creates products
  • Shell (petrol) accepts people with disabilities to work
  • Space where disabilities can thrive
• Government policies
  • Providing a shelter
  • Subsidies
  • Silver support scheme
  • E.g. Senior’s mobility and enabling fund (SMF)

Social mobility

• Seeking human kindness people on low income may have limited access to essential resources 
• Is education going to solve that?
• Stuck in the social ladder, needing to move up in society
• Inequality: in the span of 6 years, the gap of income between top and bottom few percent increased from 18 to 23 times
• Solution: both top and bottom should rise to close the gap 

Urban mobility

• Bikes, Grabfood
• Teach and how this helps us move in the city
• So people can move in ease

Digital mobility

• Access to information online
• Teach allows us to navigate the urban landscape

Our product or service can help the elderly, those we are serving currently in Comm-ed, move better, in terms of assisted, social, urban and digital mobility.

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Session 2

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Upper — Don’t need to work

Middle — Have Professional Qualifications [PMETS — SG]

Working — Sell labour, semi-skilled

Underclass — the ‘class’ perpetually Welfare Dependent

Where did this idea come from?

Karl Marx who is also the founder of :

• Marxism
• Communism
• Socialism

Factors Affecting Social Mobility

• Gender
• Ethnicity
• Religion
• Disability

The role of education in Social Mobility

• School should be engines for social mobility, helping children achieve much more than they could have ever imagined (Gove, 2010).
• Educational Institutions play a significant role in reducing or maintaining social inequalities (LaneIII and Paterson, 2005).
• In modern societies, education has become an increasingly important factor in determining which jobs people enter and in determining their social class position (LaneIII and Paterson, 2005).
• For,al education provides the training necessary for the more highly skilled jobs (Neelsen, 1975).

Social Inequality Hampers Social Mobility

Countries that are less equal also have less social mobility.

There is a link between social mobility and inequality. See the UK – it is both highly unequal AND less socially mobile.

Ways to improve Personal Mobility Devices (PMD)

• Impose fines.
• Prevent the sale of PMD which does not meet the requirements.
• Campaigns to raise awareness.
• Make it compulsory to put on safety gears.