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Listening to ‘the thick bunch’: (mis)understanding and (mis)representation of young people in jobs without training in the South West of England

Robert Lawy Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jocey Quinn Institute for Policy Studies in Education, London Metropolitan University, Holloway Road, London, N7 8DB, UK
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Kim Diment Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK
Pages 741-755 | Received 13 Feb 2009, Accepted 21 May 2009, Published online: 20 Oct 2009

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Benjamin Bowman. (2022) Remix this method: a creative approach to young people’s everyday lives as political arenas. Journal of Youth Studies 25:1, pages 17-33.
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Robert Lawy. (2010) Young people's experiences of vocational education and training (VET). Education + Training 52:5, pages 427-437.
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