Using the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE), this study examines
how different combinations of aspirations, expectations and school achievement can …

Raising the proportion of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds progressing to
higher education has been a key policy objective for successive governments in the UK …

In this editorial introduction to the Special Issue Youth, Aspirations and the Life Course:
Development and the social production of aspirations in young people's lives, we put the …

Conventional wisdom suggests that parents' educational expectations (how far they expect
their children to go) and aspirations (how far they want their children to go) positively impact …

Educational and occupational aspirations have become an important reference point in
policy debates about educational inequality. Low aspirations are presented as a major …

Large socio‐economic differences in educational attainment and participation in Higher
Education (HE) are seen in the United Kingdom (UK). Furthermore, improvements in …

This paper reviews research and theory relating to aspirations for higher education as a
cultural capacity. Understanding the social and cultural dimensions of aspirations for higher …

The concept of 'aspiration-raising'has been ubiquitous in the discussion of differential rates
of participation in higher education in England for many years. Potential students from …

The national OLT funded project Supporting school-university pathways for refugee
students' access and participation in tertiary education is a cross-institutional study carried …

Research into the relation between occupational aspirations and academic achievement
has substantially grown. What remains unclear, however, is whether and how this relation …