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Author Cameron, Claire

Title Improving Access to Further and Higher Education for Young People in Public Care : European Policy and Practice
Published Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2014

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Contents Education and social inclusion -- Welfare regimes and individual educational progression -- Study design -- England: a targeted approach / Hanan Hauari and Claire Cameron, Thomas Coram Research Unit, UK -- Denmark: participation for all? / Inge M. Bryderup, Danish Pedagogical University, Denmark and Claire Cameron -- Hungary: education and care in transition / Marta Korintus and Andrea Rácz, National Institute for Family and Social Policy, Hungary and Claire Cameron -- Spain: stability and extended support / Carme Monserrat and Ferran Casas, Research Institute on Quality of Life, University of Girona, Spain, with Sonia Jackson -- Sweden: a long and winding road / Helena Johansson and Ingrid Höjer, Department of Social Work, University of Göteborg, Sweden -- Looking across countries -- Finding a way forward
Summary Across Europe young people in care are around five times less likely to attend tertiary education than those who have not been in care. Drawing extensively on a substantial three-year long research project led by the authors, this book provides a comprehensive account of this shocking discrepancy and discusses ways to address the imbalance
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Subject Youth with social disabilities -- Education (Higher) -- Europe -- Cross-cultural studies
Children -- Institutional care -- Europe -- Cross-cultural studies
Compensatory education -- Europe -- Cross-cultural studies
Educational equalization -- Europe -- Cross-cultural studies
Children -- Institutional care
Compensatory education
Educational equalization
Youth with social disabilities -- Education (Higher)
Europe
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1306863759
9781306863759
9780857007414
0857007416