Wednesday 16 September 2009

Who is Heading for Higher Education? ...

Young people's perceptions of and decisions about higher education

Peter Bates, Emma Pollard, Tom Usher and Joy Oakley (Institute for Employment Studies)
BIS Research Report Number 3, September 2009 PDF

This research explores the attitudes and intentions among young people in England towards higher education. The main focus of the report is the results of the longitudinal study of young people in England wave four, consisting of face-to-face interviews during spring and summer 2007 with around 11,000 young people predominantly aged 17.

Source: info4local 15 September
Hazel’s comment
At 169 pages it will tax all but the most interested in the topic and whilst there is an executive summary it doesn’t seem to cover the detail of the Research Briefs produced by the BIS's predecessor departments.

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