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

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Lambert, Steve
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Maylor, Uvanney
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Coughlin, Annika
International Journal of Management in Education
Journal · Vol. 9 · Issue 3 · pp. 359-377
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. © © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

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Further education NEET Schools Accountability Local authorities Management in education Raising of the participation age

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Author Affiliations
Faculty of Education and Children's Services, University of Chester, Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Faculty of Education and Sport, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
UCL Institute of Education, London, United Kingdom
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