Outputs (11)

Youth options: A report in to current and future practice of alternative educational provision (2023)
Report

This document reports the findings and suggestions made by researchers at The University of Winchester and the University of the West of England regarding current and future practice at Youth Options. The research explored ‘what works’ in creating a... Read More about Youth options: A report in to current and future practice of alternative educational provision.

Other lives: Relationships of young disabled men on the margins of alternative provision (2023)
Journal Article

This article draws on a qualitative data analysis of the experiences of a small group of so-called ‘hard-to-reach’ disabled young men in Alternative Provisions (APs). Supporting young people has largely focused on the use of professional intervention... Read More about Other lives: Relationships of young disabled men on the margins of alternative provision.

Absence of value (2022)
Book Chapter

In this chapter, we explore aspects of alternative provision (AP), education settings created to provide short-term support for school-aged young people in England excluded from or unable to be placed in ‘regular’ schools. AP is an element of the Eng... Read More about Absence of value.

‘Where are all the men?’ Working-class male students and care-based degrees (2021)
Journal Article

This article draws on data from a small qualitative study of men on care-based degree pathways in one university in England. There is little research that specifically considers the experiences of working-class men on these courses. The article explo... Read More about ‘Where are all the men?’ Working-class male students and care-based degrees.

Paradoxes of playwork practice in an English primary school (2020)
Book Chapter

Neoliberal reforms of public services across Europe and the world are rewriting the contract amongst the state, the citizen and the market in new ways. These global shifts create and reformulate networks and approaches, creating ‘new’ professions and... Read More about Paradoxes of playwork practice in an English primary school.

Dis/locating Imagined Futures: The disabled habitus and young disabled people in alternative provision (2020)
Journal Article

This article considers the disabled habitus and a small group of young disabled people who are attending an Alternative Provision (AP), within one English Further Education College. The aim of this article is to understand the significance of the bod... Read More about Dis/locating Imagined Futures: The disabled habitus and young disabled people in alternative provision.

Steven Roberts: Young working-class men in transition (2020)
Journal Article

Drawing on the experiences of young working-class men in transition, this insightful book portrays and discusses the changing world of masculinities within the South-East of England. The book raises questions and contests existing discourses, in rega... Read More about Steven Roberts: Young working-class men in transition.

Alternative spaces of failure. Disabled ‘bad boys’ in alternative further education provision (2019)
Journal Article

This article draws from an ethnographic study of a group of school-aged disabled white working-class and self-proclaimed ‘bad boys’ in one Alternative Provision (AP) in an English further education college. These young disabled students’ disabilities... Read More about Alternative spaces of failure. Disabled ‘bad boys’ in alternative further education provision.

Being working class in the academy (2018)
Newspaper / Magazine

While widening access is high on universities’ agendas at undergraduate level, class barriers still prevail in the academy. Here, five working-class scholars describe their experiences of ‘otherness’

Playwork goes to school: Professional (mis)recognition and playwork practice in primary school (2017)
Journal Article

The article considers some of the key contemporary challenges facing playwork professionals in England when working in interagency and inter-professional contexts, specifically in English primary schools. This paper is based on a small-scale qualitat... Read More about Playwork goes to school: Professional (mis)recognition and playwork practice in primary school.