Sam Whewall
@drsamwhewall.bsky.social
Research Fellow, UCL @UCLGlobalYouth.bsky.social 🌏 | youth studies, sociology, geography | Coastal youth life chances: https://tinyurl.com/mucsrx5 | Runner 🏃🏻♂️ & baker 🥐
In the paper, we discuss 60 parents' perspectives on their children's use of private tuition in three regions in England, showing how classed and racialised inequalities are reproduced through participation in an unregulated supplementary education marketplace.
September 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
In the paper, we discuss 60 parents' perspectives on their children's use of private tuition in three regions in England, showing how classed and racialised inequalities are reproduced through participation in an unregulated supplementary education marketplace.
💡We highlight two of their suggestions: first, invest in year-round youth-friendly spaces and activities; second, rebuild youth services.
Read our recent report here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
@uclglobalyouth.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
Read our recent report here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
@uclglobalyouth.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
Young people & coastal communities: Local policymaker and practitioner perspectives: Interim report from the UCL Coastal Youth Life Chances project
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UCL Discovery
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discovery.ucl.ac.uk
August 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
💡We highlight two of their suggestions: first, invest in year-round youth-friendly spaces and activities; second, rebuild youth services.
Read our recent report here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
@uclglobalyouth.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
Read our recent report here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
@uclglobalyouth.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
Among their key concerns were that
(1) there's virtually nothing for young people to do outside of the summer season
(2) youth services are severely overstretched and underfunded.
The consequences - young people are at best bored and, at worst, drifting into crime and antisocial behaviour.
(1) there's virtually nothing for young people to do outside of the summer season
(2) youth services are severely overstretched and underfunded.
The consequences - young people are at best bored and, at worst, drifting into crime and antisocial behaviour.
August 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Among their key concerns were that
(1) there's virtually nothing for young people to do outside of the summer season
(2) youth services are severely overstretched and underfunded.
The consequences - young people are at best bored and, at worst, drifting into crime and antisocial behaviour.
(1) there's virtually nothing for young people to do outside of the summer season
(2) youth services are severely overstretched and underfunded.
The consequences - young people are at best bored and, at worst, drifting into crime and antisocial behaviour.
The second piece draws on our and other research with young people growing up on the coast, highlighting some of the positive work being done to support coastal youth.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We’re told we won’t amount to anything’: is it possible to change the fortunes of young people living in England’s coastal towns?
Young people living by the sea are often in some of the most deprived areas of the country, but they say they want the chance to thrive. The Guardian is embarking on a year-long series to tell their s...
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The second piece draws on our and other research with young people growing up on the coast, highlighting some of the positive work being done to support coastal youth.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The first Guardian piece published this morning discusses our work (led by Emily Murray @universityofessex.bsky.social) on young people's mental health in coastal towns (pre-print: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Young people in England’s coastal towns three times more likely to have a mental health condition
They are suffering disproportionately and without help, say researchers, and unless they are given a voice, problems will continue to mount up
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The first Guardian piece published this morning discusses our work (led by Emily Murray @universityofessex.bsky.social) on young people's mental health in coastal towns (pre-print: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
📝 The report draws on perspectives from local policymakers and youth practitioners working with coastal youth, outlining five key 'recommendations for change' - principally, targeted investment and better funding for youth services.
July 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
📝 The report draws on perspectives from local policymakers and youth practitioners working with coastal youth, outlining five key 'recommendations for change' - principally, targeted investment and better funding for youth services.
Sharing this again: sheffieldtribune.co.uk/broken-budge... Christ, it's all so demoralising.
Broken budgets and broken English
Sheffield Hallam's financial woes are deepening - and staff claim students are being "set up to fail"
sheffieldtribune.co.uk
May 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Sharing this again: sheffieldtribune.co.uk/broken-budge... Christ, it's all so demoralising.
Looking for new (ideally permanent) jobs made increasingly difficult when you have to keep in mind whether or not the institution in question is likely to try and lay you off within the next few years 🙄
May 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Looking for new (ideally permanent) jobs made increasingly difficult when you have to keep in mind whether or not the institution in question is likely to try and lay you off within the next few years 🙄
Actually, it's totally believable...
May 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Actually, it's totally believable...