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Raising of the participation age in the UK: the dichotomy between full participation and institutional accountability

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    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Abstract

At a time of mass youth unemployment in the UK, the introduction of the Raising of the Participation Age (RPA) policy advocates the benefits of a prolonged period of education for all young people. As part of the policy, accountability was placed on schools for its implementation, with government imposed destination measures being used as an indicator of the policy's success. This paper argues that RPA will have little impact on young people who are Not in Education, Employment and/or Training (NEET) and that the accountability for the policy's implementation is at best problematic and at worse fundamentally flawed.

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Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 359-377

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

International Journal of Management in Education (Volume 9, Issue 3)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 17/06/2015

Publication status

Published - 17/06/2015

ISSN

1750-385X

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/624405
  • Scopus: 84944312215

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