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TITLE OF THE PUBLICATION:

Blackpool 'Missing Children' Research Project

SURNAME AND NAME OF AUTHOR(S):

Karen Broadhurst and Professor Corinne May-Chahal

PLACE AND DATE OF PUBLICATION:

November 2002

TYPE OF PUBLICATION:

Research Project

LANGUAGE/S OF PUBLICATION:

English

LANGUAGE OF REVIEW:

English

DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS:

Work undertaken by researchers from Lancaster University on behalf of Blackpool Borough Council to:
establish good practice in identifying and working with children 'missing from education'; inform the development of preventative services to avoid children going 'missing from school'; understand obstacles preventing more work being done both to find and to work with such children

COMMENTS ON THIS PUBLICATION:

Interesting quite early research into school 'drop outs' and the underlying causes. Disappointingly all of the conclusions from the research still apply today and this is an indicator of how difficult it is to find a permanent solution to the problem.

WHERE TO FIND IT:

http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/apsocsci/research/documents/missingchildrensummary.doc

NAME OF COMPILER:

Roger Murfin

NAME OF INSTITUTION:

Wilsthorpe Business & Enterprise College

ROLE:

Business Manager

News

15 November 2012

Stay@School at the Future of Education Conference

The Stay@School projet will be presented at the third edition of the “Future of Education” international conference, held in Florence, Italy, on 13 - 14 June 2013. Over 250 participants from all over the world will attend the conference. The conference participants belong to the sectors of higher education, school education, vocational education and training as well as adult education, therefore representing all of the target groups of the Stay@School project.

Lifelong Learning Project - School Inclusion - Preventing Early School Leaving