DfE research interests for this pillar of the Opportunity Mission include enabling learners to make decisions that are informed by understanding the opportunities and support available, especially participation in further and higher education, and how continuing education affects their future opportunities. We also need to explore how our sectors can best prepare learners to take advantage of those opportunities, including in secondary education. We are especially interested in practices in further and higher education that engage less researched groups, such as those with care experience, those with SEND, experience of Alternate Provision, and children with a history of offending. However, this topic is not specific to further and higher education; for example, how different occupations and opportunities are conveyed to children at pre-school and school will influence their willingness to consider those paths in later life.
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Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: King's College London
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Funded by: Newton Fund
Lead research organisation: University of Glasgow
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Despite important economic and social achievements in Peru in the last decades, the country's education system and labour market remain both under-developed and highly unequal, hindering young people's possibilities for ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Lancaster University
This project examines the reasons behind the underdevelopment and inequality in Peru's education system and labor market, directly addressing how young people can develop relevant skills and find decent employment.