Caroline Oliver is associate professor in sociology at UCL Institute of Education, where she is deputy programme director of the new BSc sociology degree at UCL. Caroline’s research focuses on social identities across the life course, with attention to the intersection of various vectors of difference, including disabilities, immigration status and ethnicity, in both educational and broader settings. She is a member of the Centre for Sociology of Education and Equity (CSEE), which aims to promote high quality sociological research for the public good.