eprintid: 10086278
rev_number: 26
eprint_status: archive
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dir: disk0/10/08/62/78
datestamp: 2019-11-19 14:15:09
lastmod: 2021-10-14 23:05:31
status_changed: 2019-11-19 14:15:09
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Lőrinc, M
creators_name: Ryan, L
creators_name: D’Angelo, A
creators_name: Kaye, N
title: De-individualising the ‘NEET problem’: An ecological systems analysis
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J81
keywords: NEET young people, low attainment, youth transitions, ecological systems theory, socio-economic disadvantage
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: Periods of being NEET (not in education, employment or training) can have long-term consequences for individuals’ future job opportunities, earnings, psycho-social well-being and health, all with high societal costs. Therefore, policy-makers across Europe seek interventions that successfully reduce NEET numbers. Drawing on a longitudinal qualitative study in London, this paper explores the processes and mechanisms that contribute to young people becoming NEET after leaving education. Through analysis of 53 young NEETs’ accounts of their school and transition experiences, we draw upon Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory to explore the multitude of factors and structures of disadvantage that might have contributed to these young people’s marginalisation in education and employment. We discuss how unfulfilled support needs, a lack of career advice and socio-economic disadvantage can lead to educational disengagement, dropping out and, ultimately, becoming NEET. While many of these issues were presented as personal difficulties, in this article we reject the individualisation of the ‘NEET problem’. Instead, we argue that negative school experiences need to be understood in the context of structural conditions, including funding cuts in education and support services, transformations in the labour market and socio-economic deprivation.
date: 2019-10-08
date_type: published
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1177/1474904119880402
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1719936
doi: 10.1177/1474904119880402
lyricists_name: Kaye, Neil
lyricists_id: NKAYE51
actors_name: Stacey, Thomas
actors_id: TSSTA20
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: European Educational Research Journal
citation:        Lőrinc, M;    Ryan, L;    D’Angelo, A;    Kaye, N;      (2019)    De-individualising the ‘NEET problem’: An ecological systems analysis.                   European Educational Research Journal        10.1177/1474904119880402 <https://doi.org/10.1177/1474904119880402>.       Green open access   
 
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