Aniela Wenham (University of York) The most recent figures show that there are currently 13.1% of 16-24 [...]
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Higher education and the reproduction of social elites
Nicola Ingram (University of Bath) and Richard Waller (University of the West of England) There has been [...]
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Confronting a Culture of ‘Laddishness’ and ‘Riskiness’ in Higher Education
Sharon Elley (University of Leeds) UK universities are witnessing considerable controversy surrounding male students’ behaviour in what has [...]
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Academy schools: Policy evolution, Controversy and General Election 2015
Jodie Pennacchia (University of Nottingham) Promoting English academy schools has been a policy with the powerful ability to [...]
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Challenging Stereotypes: The Lived Experience of British Chinese Parenting
Carmen Lau Clayton (University of Leeds) In both research and popular accounts of Chinese families, children are often [...]
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Is a ‘Great Gay Migration’ from Indonesia underway?
Wisnu Adihartono (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Marseille) “… (Crying in front of me) … My [...]
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Losing Culture or Finding Superdiversity?
Les Back (Goldsmiths University of London) David Goodhart’s book The British Dream (2014) is a good example of [...]
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General Election 2015: Who spoke for poor youth in the campaign?
Anthony Ruddy (Teesside University) Another UK general election is imminent and all the usual political machinations are taking [...]
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Neoliberal Democracy and Alternative Democracies
Nick Stevenson (University of Nottingham) The current election has shaped up to be a fairly depressing spectacle. After [...]
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Immigration and the cost of broken promises
James Hampshire (University of Sussex) Political scientists studying voting behaviour have long debated the relative importance for re-election [...]
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