What are the influences on young people’s decision making at key education transition points, including subject and qualification choice at key stage 4 and 5? How do these choices influence their later economic outcomes?

Background

This publication sets out areas where DfE is interested in more research and new evidence2. Given the broad policy agenda of the department it is not practical to provide an exhaustive list of research questions of interest. Instead this is a targeted list of areas which are both key departmental priorities and where we feel the research community is currently well placed to add to our evidence base. In terms of approaches to answer the questions, we are interested in both primary qualitative and quantitative research, secondary data analysis, and literature reviews/synthesis of existing evidence. For all questions we are interested in international perspectives and what has worked, or not, in other countries. For all our questions we are interested in how results differ for relevant sub-groups such as Free School Meal pupils, Pupil Premium pupils, Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) pupils, Black and Minority Ethnic pupils, and gender.

Next steps

Get in touch with ARI.Reply@education.gov.uk

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Df E Areas of research interest

Related UKRI funded projects


  • DfE: Early identification of young people at risk of poor educational and labour market outcomes: the role of educational institutions

    This study attempts to answer the following questions: 1. How do things like truancy, coming from a less affluent background, family breakdown and a range of other factors that pupils experience at school; lead to poor e...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Westminster

    Why might this be relevant?

    This project attempts to answer the question fully and the authors have the necessary expertise.

  • Improving support for sixth form students' post-school choice making and transitions into further study and work

    This fellowship aims to contribute to research-informed policy, practice and public debate to ensure that all school sixth formers receive high quality support for their post-school destinations, whether that choice is u...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: King's College London

    Why might this be relevant?

    This project partially answers the question and the authors have the necessary expertise.

  • Community Catalyst

    There is a growing demand to map the journeys of young people through school; further and higher education; employment; healthcare; criminal justice and other systems that are an intrinsic part of our social life. Doing ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: National Foundation for Educat Research

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project aims to review the evidence base on youth transitions, identify gaps, and develop strategies to improve outcomes, aligning with the question's focus on influences on young people's decision making and economic outcomes.

  • The Long Term Legacy of School Choice

    This project will evaluate the effect of attending a better school on long term outcomes for secondary school students - such as access to, and success in, higher education, and beyond that to include labour market succe...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Lancaster University

    Why might this be relevant?

    This project partially answers the question and the authors have the necessary expertise.

  • Development and enhancement of Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) data

    Understanding how much individuals and society benefit from different education and training courses is vital for governments weighing up investments in education and skills. Access to data with rich information on educa...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University College London

  • INEQUALITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION OUTCOMES IN THE UK: SUBJECTIVE EXPECTATIONS, PREFERENCES, AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION

    Higher education is a priority in UK government policy, but access to university is still unequal, with well-off families being strongly over-represented among university students. Moreover, among university students, in...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Essex

  • Longitudinal Study of Young People (LSYPE) data linkage

    The Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE) was launched in 2004 with an initial sample of around 15,700 young people in year nine, and therefore aged 13 or 14. Information has been collected from the study...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University College London

  • Governing the educational and labour market trajectories of secondary TVET graduates in Chile

    Chile has experienced considerable educational expansion over the past few decades as a result of the growing demand for education from individuals and families and the positional competition for qualified jobs in the fo...

    Funded by: Newton Fund

    Lead research organisation: University of Glasgow

  • Impact and effectiveness of widening access to HE in Wales

    Access to higher education (HE) has become an extremely controversial area of policy, as successive UK administrations have sought to balance increasing student fees with ensuring that HE is open to individuals from as w...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

  • Schooling and unequal outcomes in youth and adulthood

    The role of schooling in determining educational attainment, occupational outcomes and social mobility remains high on the policy agenda. Are certain types of schools or schools with certain characteristics more successf...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University College London

Similar ARIs from other organisations