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Focus: Hard Times for Youth?

By discoversociety
May 05, 2015

Tracy Shildrick (University of Leeds), Robert MacDonald (Teesside University) and Lorenza Antonucci (UWS) Precarious work, underemployment and an increased risk of [...]

Viewpoint: From Cradle to College?

By discoversociety
May 05, 2015

Adam Formby (University of Leeds) and John Hudson (University of York) In outlining the Liberal Democrat’s 2015 General Election offering, Nick [...]

On the Frontline: The growth of youth deprivation in Britain, 1990-2012

By discoversociety
May 05, 2015

Eldin Fahmy (University of Bristol) In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent introduction of austerity policies targeting [...]

Policy Briefing: Juvenile justice in Europe from risk obsession to children first progression

By discoversociety
May 05, 2015

Stephen Case and Kevin Haines (University of Swansea) In this article, we argue that juvenile justice policy and practice across Europe [...]

When concepts cross borders

By discoversociety
May 05, 2015

Signe Ravn (Danish National Centre for Social Research) and Tea Bengtsson (University of Copenhagen) Judging from the 270 presentations made by [...]

Are policies for NEETs still working for young people?

By discoversociety
May 05, 2015

Aniela Wenham (University of York) The most recent figures show that there are currently 13.1% of 16-24 year olds defined [...]

Higher education and the reproduction of social elites

By discoversociety
May 05, 2015

Nicola Ingram (University of Bath) and Richard Waller (University of the West of England) There has been much public and [...]

Confronting a Culture of ‘Laddishness’ and ‘Riskiness’ in Higher Education

By discoversociety
May 05, 2015

Sharon Elley (University of Leeds) UK universities are witnessing considerable controversy surrounding male students’ behaviour in what has been termed an [...]