What actually is inclusion? There is lots of discussion about inclusion, but what the term actually means remains unclear both in practice and policy. In this seminar Dr Mintz discussed what inclusion really means as set out in his new book "Liberal Perspectives on Inclusion", published by Routledge, available open access. Dr Mintz considers the political values that lie behind debates about inclusion and argues that inclusion is perhaps better thought of not as an ideal, but rather as a process of negotiation between competing values and priorities. The book also presents detailed case studies of what this process might look like in the mainstream K-12 classroom, and how teachers deal with the dilemmas of working with difference. Recorded in discussion with Professor Brad Blitz, IOE - UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, on Thursday 6th February 2025.

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The UK has one of the highest proportions of tertiary educated workers in Europe but also one of the highest rates of graduate underemployment i.e. graduates not attaining graduate-level jobs. To date little is known about the extent to which failure to get a graduate job after university impacts career prospects further down the line. Using a sample of 55,000 graduates surveyed 6-months and three-and-a-half-years post-graduation, findings show that graduates who are underemployed 6-months after graduation are much more likely to also be underemployed three years later than those who initially secure graduate jobs, even after taking account or a range of background characteristics and prior educational attainment. In this event, Matt will explore why the impact of underemployment is shown to be more severe for graduates from less advantaged backgrounds and the implications that has for widening participation policies and support at universities.

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