The phrase 'increase the status' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you wish to denote an increase in social or professional standing, or an elevation of esteem. For example: "He was looking to increase the status of his company, so he invested in new equipment and hired a team of experienced professionals."
Perhaps a more unified voice for the social care sector would increase the status of working – and leading – in the sector.
The Museveni government attempted to increase the status of wage labourers after it took power in the mid-1980s.
Maintaining a land-oriented defense, by comparison, would cost less and would increase the status of the infantry, whose ranks were drawn primarily from the middle class.
Having a device or new technology in their possession can increase the status and strength of girls and women as role models and enable them to carry out different and important roles in the community.
This is because the activity furthers universities' "legitimate business objectives...to increase the status of the institution".This has cast a shadow over the validity of the "experimental use" exemption for all universities.
Although Jordan has done much to increase the status of the game, some of his impact on the game's popularity in America appears to be fleeting.
increased the status of antioxidants, decreased the levels of LPO, nitric oxide (NO) and increased the activities of CK, AchE and ATPases.
Despite under-representation in politics, the middle class swelled in numbers, profiting from a growth in trade which had increased the status of merchants.
Narayan increased the status of the sarangi to that of a modern concert solo instrument, made it known outside of India, and was the first sarangi player with international success, an example later followed by Sultan Khan.
