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As part of a larger ESRC-funded project on the political economies of school exclusions in the UK, this research examines alternative provision (AP). AP is where children and young people at risk of exclusion are removed from mainstream education. The AP sector does not provide a transitional pathway. Instead it is a complex disarray of…

Despite private tutoring gaining increasing popularity in many countries, studies of the choice of and rationale for private tutoring among Chinese parents before and after the ‘‘double reduction’’ policy (issued on July 24, 2021) in China are limited. This mixed-methods paper compares parents’ choice of private tutoring before and after the policy and the role…

This report presents findings from new research comparing the job quality, other than pay, of private and state school teachers in post-pandemic England and Wales, including those based at elite private schools, based on a survey of private and state school teachers who are members of the National Education Union. Information was obtained from 14,212…

Yma, rydym yn darparu crynodeb o ganfyddiadau allweddol yr 11eg arolwg (2022-23). Mae’r pynciau yn cynnwys ymddiried yn yr ysgol, hyder disgyblion, Cymraeg, gwisg ysgol, pryderon hinsawdd, gwleidyddiaeth a’r frenhiniaeth, streiciau a phrotestiadau diweddar, methu allan ar deithiau ysgol, a dyheadau disgyblion.

This report provides an analysis of the key differences and similarities in the landscape of alternative education provision (AEP) in the UK. As part of the ESRC-funded Excluded Lives Project, it attempts to illuminate some of the contextual factors that may contribute to the very different rates of school exclusion in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland…

Historically Wales has been regarded as a country with relatively low levels of school exclusion, particularly in comparison with England. This has been used as an indicator of Wales’ commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which foregrounds a rights-based agenda that would argue school exclusion is a consequence of broader…

Rhagair Yn ddiweddar, dathlodd Astudiaeth Aml-garfan Addysg WISERD (WMCS) ei phenblwydd yn 10 oed. Astudiaeth hydredol o blant a phobl ifanc yng Nghymru yw’r WMCS. Fe’i sefydlwyd yn 2012 gan yr Athro Sally Power a’r Athro Chris Taylor i olrhain cynnydd plant a phobl ifanc sy’n tyfu lan yng Nghymru. O dan eu stiwardiaeth mae’r…

Alternative provision (AP) is where young people at risk of exclusion because of their behaviour are removed from mainstream education into alternative forms of education. This research explores construction AP delivered by five organisations, using the work of Basil Bernstein as the theoretical approach on the sources of consensus and disaffection in education. Disaffection arises…

Learning has occupied a prominent place in Chinese culture since ancient times with the philosophy and practice of K’ung Ch’iu, (c551-c479, BCE), known to the Occident as Confucius, a pervasive influence (Liu Wu-Chi 1955). The promotion of learning was the duty of Imperial officials, and this also achieved high levels of civic participation by local…

This paper explores UK school students’ protest activism relating to their schools’ policies and practices, drawing on two datasets: 1) a newspaper analysis of media reports relating to school protests between 2000 and 2021; 2) a survey of 800 secondary school pupils in Wales. Drawing on social movements literature and adapting concepts for the school…