Universities transform lives. Going to university leads to new ways of seeing the world, to new horizons and networks, and to significantly enhanced job opportunities, but not everyone benefits in the same way. Fewer students from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds go to university, and when they do they tend not to do as well as their more privileged peers. The influence of background continues long after graduation. The Social Mobility Advisory Group was set up in October 2015, at the request of Jo Johnson MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, with the aim of identifying practical ways to address inequality in higher education. The Advisory Group has considered the evidence and drawn together recommendations as to ways forward, acknowledging that there will be no simple solutions to embedded social inequality that passes from generation to generation. Some consistent themes have emerged from the group's work: (1) the need for a rigorously evidence-based approach to social mobility; (2) the importance of evaluation to inform and shape future work; (3) the need to move away from the perception that people only have one chance for university study, at the age of 18; and (4) sustained change can only be achieved through collaboration and partnership between universities, schools, colleges, and employers. The Advisory Group's recommendations are only a beginning. Universities UK will work with its members, and with schools, employers, students' unions, the third sector, and other partners, to take forward the recommendations. Contains the following annexes: (1) Social Mobility in Higher Education: A Summary of Current Challenges; (2) A Review of the Evidence of How Youth Social Action Can Boost Social Mobility into, and after University; and (3) Social Mobility Advisory Group and Reference Group Members.