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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Youth transitions"”.
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Youth transitions : re-entry into second chance education
… through which young people navigate their transitions. This provided the basis for a closer scrutiny of global impacts on local settings and their influence on young people's decisions about leaving and returning to education. More specifically, the vast body of literature on early school …
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Disparity in precarity : Measuring insecurity and inequality in youth transitions from education into and within the labour market
… and they focus on aggregate measures of youth unemployment, which tend to hide inequality. The purpose of this thesis is to provide missing nationally representative empirical evidence on the extent of and inequality in insecurity in the contemporary English youth labour market, and in …
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The aspiration generation. The aspirations and implementation strategies of young Londoners at risk of educational underachievement
… and educational strategies. At a time when youth transitions are becoming increasingly messy, complex and non-linear, it is more important than ever to identify and understand the processes and mechanisms that can help young people to navigate successfully the period between compulsory …
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Understanding affluent male NEETs (not in employment, education or training) by choice: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… counselling psychology and the field of NEET and youth transitions research are discussed.
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"NEET" or left out?, disadvantaged young people, everyday experiences of marginalisation and "accelerated" transitions in urban Scotland
… continue to shape young people's lives and transitions. A considerable body of research has linked socio-economic inequalities with experiences of a group of young people often described as being 'Not in Education, Employment or Training' (NEET). Yet, comparatively little is known about the …
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Access, barriers and successes of educational pathways for out-of-school youth. applying the capability theory
… private, non-profit educational institution, on youth accessing alternative post-school pathways, and how new theoretical insights were generated about the relationship between the Capability Approach (CA) and Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) among youth at a post-school educational …
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Youth Policy in Ireland and India: a comparative study
… while significant comparative research on youth, youth work and youth policies has been done within Europe, there is very little research which compares the European and Asian contexts, and there is none to date specifically comparing Ireland and India. This thesis explores and compares the …
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'Working it out': the educational careers and aspirations of students on an AVCE travel and tourism course at a college of FHE
… related (race, class, gender) inequalities in youth post-16 educational attainment against the theory of individualization in youth transitions. The research adopted a case study approach involving: • questionnaire survey of 72 first and second year students of the A VCE; • three focus group …
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Uncertain futures : young women in transition to adulthood in a post-industrial British city
This study examines the transitions to adulthood of a group of 19 young women of mixed age, social class and ethnic backgrounds, from two adjacent ‘outer-urban’ neighbourhoods in the post-industrial city of Birmingham, UK. It focuses on three distinct, and inter-related, spheres of transition: …
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Youth experiences using the South African financial system
… falls within the South African definition of youth. The 30 participants who volunteered for the study were from different cities within the Gauteng province. The research results demonstrated the increasingly large role played by the financial sector in the transition from childhood to …
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The impact of youth enterprise development fund on the transition of youth to adulthood in Gatanga Sub-County, Kenya
… transition. The government of Kenya initiated a youth fund program in 2007 to support the youth during this critical stage of transition to adulthood. The contribution of this fund (youth enterprise development fund, YEDF) in facilitating youth transition to adulthood has never been investigated …
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Sofa-Surfing: The Cartographies of Young People Utilising Host-Dependent Shelter.
In 2016, 35% of UK young people (16-25 years) reported having sofa-surfed in the past. Past research highlights that spaces where people sofa-surfing stay are often tenuous, short-lived and worsen over time, reducing mental health, educational attainment, and the ability to find work (McLoughlin, …
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Pathways of out-of-school youth and their re-entrance into the education training and development system or the labour market
… investigation into the pathways of out-of-school youth and their re-entrance into the Education Training and Development (ETD) system or the labour market. In the study the pathways of youth who dropped out of school between grades 1 and 11 are traced as they seek re-entrance to the ETD system, or …