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GCSE attainment in alternative provision (AP): A comparison of AP Free Schools and AP Academies

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Alternative provision (AP), in particular Pupil Referral Units (PRUs), have been criticised as a forgotten part of the education system, side‐lined and stigmatised as somewhere only the very worst behaved pupils go. In response to this criticism, PRUs have now been academised to become AP Academies and new AP schools have been set up—AP Free ...
Stephen Hills   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A typology of schools across the four nations of the United Kingdom: Class, race and geography

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper we analyse the hierarchical field of schools across the United Kingdom during the transition to university and suggest that there are five socially distinct clusters of schools. Our five‐cluster typology of UK schools is composed of an established group of elite private and state schools, schools for the white rural and suburban ...
Sol Gamsu, Håkan Forsberg
wiley   +1 more source

Pathways to employment: Subject choice, job requirements, and early employment outcomes for UK undergraduates

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Higher education in the United Kingdom has dramatically expanded in recent decades, along with questions about its effectiveness in preparing graduates for the labour market. With rising tuition fees and increasing competition for graduate jobs, many students opt to study ‘professional’ subjects—fields closely tied to specific professions ...
Sarah Pemberton
wiley   +1 more source

Dual variational inequalities

open access: yesJournal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 1972
openaire   +3 more sources

Parental choice of private tuition: Valuing attention, judging quality and navigating access in England's underregulated supplementary education market

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Private supplementary education is burgeoning worldwide, and over 25% of English children have received private tutoring. The neoliberalisation of education and parents' responsibilisation for children's attainment have driven market growth, but not all can afford to participate.
Sarah L. Holloway   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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