Youth Identities, Education and Employment, 1st ed. 2017 Exploring Post-16 and Post-18 Opportunities, Access and Policy Policy and Practice in the Classroom Series

This book investigates how policy, family background, social class, gender and ethnicity influence young people?s post-16 and post-18 employment and education access. It draws on existing literature, alongside new data gathered from a case study in a UK state secondary school, to examine how policy changes to the financial arrangements for further and higher education and the changing youth employment landscape have had an impact on young people?s choices and pathways. Hoskins explores a number of topics, including the role of identity in young people?s decision-making; the impact of changes to young people?s financial arrangements, such as cuts to the Education Maintenance Allowance and increased university fees; and the influence of support from parents and teachers. The book will be of interest to students and researchers of Education and Sociology.

Kate Hoskins is Reader in Education and co-convener for the MA Education Policy Programme at the University of Roehampton, UK. 

Explores the under-researched issue of the changes and the impact of changes to tuition fee increases and the restructuring of post-16 education provision.

Investigates s how identity shapes participation in post-16 and post-18 educational and employment decisions

Highlights teachers’ perspectives on the impact of policy changes and impact of identity on their students imagined futures.