Making better sense of post-16 destinations: A case study of an English shire county

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-80

  Fergusson, Ross ^a   Unwin, Lorna ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Careers; Destinations; Education (post compulsory); Participation rates; Youth labour markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042486805     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267152960110105     Document Type: Article

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