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Cornish, Carlene – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2018
RPA (Raising of Participation Age) legislation re-positioned all youth in England to participate in post-16 education and training, the ultimate aim to develop 'human capital'. However, how does RPA play out in practice with previously NEET (not in education, employment or training) and so-called disengaged youth engaged on a Level 1…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Program Effectiveness, Reentry Students, Continuation Students
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Smyth, John; McInerney, Peter; Fish, Tim – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2013
This paper poses a rarely asked question--Re-engagement to where? Or to what valued social purpose for the young people concerned? Drawing from a larger project funded by the Australian Research Council, the paper analyses the "portraits" of two young people whose lives were seemingly better within a re-engagement programme, but whose…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Low Income Groups, Foreign Countries, Track System (Education)