Decisions and Transitions: Meeting the Needs of the ‘Knowledge Economy’
2008 ◽
Vol 26
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pp. 924-937
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Governments worldwide have focused attention on improving educational attainment in order to meet the labour demands of the knowledge economy. I explore decisions taken concerning further and higher education among seventy-one students from a highly successful comprehensive school in North East England, and argue that the postulated links between attainment, higher education, and secure well-paid employment are more complicated than policy documents suggest. Instead, I argue for a greater understanding among policy makers of the specificity of place and of the impact of relative differences in economic, social, and cultural capital.
2022 ◽
Vol 6
(GROUP)
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pp. 1-14
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2010 ◽
Vol 26
(3)
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pp. 290-301
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2018 ◽
Vol 19
(1)
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pp. 135-156
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2021 ◽
pp. 102831532110527