Great article from Peter Urwin on the challenges of getting NEET young people into education/training/work pathways that make sense. England’s plans to get more young people working or studying don’t go far enough – employment expert theconversation.com/englands-pla...

🎆Remember, remember . . . On 5th November (1-2pm) we're running an online event on the Wonders of Linked Administrative Data. We've got a great line-up including: Dr Emma Gordon, Director of @adruk.bsky.social Professor @mattdickson.bsky.social, University of Bath Sign up: tinyurl.com/mtuza5fw

New research out today! We show that a Gov’t education intervention targeting 12 social mobility ‘cold spots’ in England (the ‘Opportunity Areas’ programme) had a large positive impact on young people’s optimism about the future… www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...

New paper out today! Demographic, Health, and Social Predictors of Place of Death in England, 2004-2013: Identifying barriers to dying in the community www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Surprise! www.theguardian.com/education/20...