
Digital Youth Work
[This post was written for the Childhood and Youth Studies Research Group (CYSRG) at the University of Edinburgh of which I am a member. You can see more about our group here] It is a truism now that young people’s… Read More ›
[This post was written for the Childhood and Youth Studies Research Group (CYSRG) at the University of Edinburgh of which I am a member. You can see more about our group here] It is a truism now that young people’s… Read More ›
In a previous post I drew attention to the importance of ‘place’ in the lives of the young people we work with. It has been said that those of us interested in youth sociology are so focused on issues of… Read More ›
A recent e-mail came to me from CLASS highlighting some issues that i’ve been harping on about on this blog for a couple of years now. That the employment market facing young people today is characterised by innumerable barriers. This… Read More ›
The following is a short blog I wrote on an event held at the Scottish Government on Monday 16th October 2017 as part of Challenge Poverty Week. The original post can be found here. It’s the fifth annual Challenge Poverty Week and… Read More ›
The following is a post on the research process, not on youth so you can switch off now if you’re not interested! I have not posted here for some time as I am in the thick of writing up my… Read More ›
‘The imposition of stigma is the commonest form of violence used in democratic societies…[It] can best be compared to those forms of psychological torture in which the victim is broken psychically and physically but left to all outward appearances unmarked.’… Read More ›
Multi-Disciplinary Conference at the University of Edinburgh, 21 April 2017 *NOTICE: THE CONFERENCE IS FULLY BOOKED – WE ARE KEEPING A WAITING LIST AS THERE MAY BE CALL-OFFS AS THE DAY APPROACHES, SO PLEASE DO REGISTER IF KEEN TO ATTEND… Read More ›
For regulars of the blog, this is not a post on youth issues. Probably for a one-off i’m going off-piste and using the blog as a platform to share something else, so hope you’ll forgive me! I’m fortunate at the… Read More ›
YOUNG PEOPLE’S TRANSITIONS: DIMENSIONS, DIFFICULTIES AND DIVERSITY Multi-Disciplinary Conference – University of Edinburgh, 21 April 2017 A one-day conference for youth researchers, policymakers and practitioners sponsored by the University of Edinburgh School of Social and Political Science and the… Read More ›