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EDUCATION AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD |
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Date: Friday 9th January 2004
Venue: Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel, College Green, Bristol, BS8 1TZ Time: 10.00 -16.00 Background: The need to understand the links between education and the neighbourhood has never been more pressing. The market for education, involving parental choice, published league tables and specialist schools, has had a profound effect on local housing markets, with a price premium in neighbourhoods around strongly performing schools. The differential effects of parental choice are magnified by the affordability of housing. The borders of school catchments have become highly contested in certain neighbourhoods. At the same time education is seen as a key mechanism for overcoming social exclusion in more deprived neighbourhoods. To what extent is there a growing differentiation of educational attainment and aspiration between neighbourhoods in terms of both schooling and university applications? All these related issues will be tackled from a range of disciplinary, methodological and policy perspectives in this one day conference. |
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