Be (ing) prepared: Guide and Scout participation, childhood social position and mental health at age 50—a prospective birth cohort study

C Dibben, C Playford, R Mitchell - J Epidemiol Community Health, 2017 - jech.bmj.com
Background Mental health is a major concern in many countries. We explore whether youth
participation in the Scouts and Guides could protect mental health in later life and in …

Social class inequalities in educational attainment: measuring social class using capitals, assets and resources

R Connelly, V Gayle, C Playford - Contemporary social science, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
There is a plethora of measures of social class, and social stratification more widely.
Occupation-based measures are most frequently used in social stratification research …

Scottish Social Survey Data, Past, Present and Future–Does Scotland Need its Own Data Strategy?

V Gayle, C Playford, P Lambert - Radical Statistics, 2008 - storre.stir.ac.uk
The UK now has a National Data Strategy. In this paper we explore whether or not in
addition Scotland needs its own specific data strategy. This paper is intended to be a 'think …

Parental socioeconomic influences on filial educational attainment: an investigation of Scottish young people and patterns of school level educational performance …

C Playford, V Gayle, R Connelly… - Contemporary Social …, 2016 - wrap.warwick.ac.uk
In Britain there have been manifest changes in the management and organisation of
education, but despite these developments there are still persistent inequalities in pupils' …

Transparent and Reproducible Data Analysis

R Connelly, V Gayle, C Playford - 2020 - ore.exeter.ac.uk
There is increasing concern across a wide range of academic disciplines that empirical
results cannot be reproduced because of a lack of transparency in the research process …

The concealed middle? An exploration of ordinary young people and school GCSE subject area attainment

V Gayle, C Playford - 2014 - research.ed.ac.uk
In Britain school examination results are now an annual newsworthy item. This recurrent
event illustrates, and reinforces, the importance of school level qualifications. The General …

[PDF][PDF] Social Class Inequalities in Educational Attainment: Measuring Social Class using Capitals, Assets and Resources Roxanne Connelly, University of York …

C Playford - core.ac.uk
The study of social class has been central to sociology since its foundations (Giddens,
1971). Research on social class has been one of the hallmarks of UK sociology since it …

[PDF][PDF] Exploring Ear'oles Education: An investigation of the school-level educational outcomes

C Playford, V Gayle, R Connelly, S Murray - calls.ac.uk
In his book Learning to Labour, Willis (1977) identified two sub-groups of boys from working
class backgrounds. The Lads were working class boys who had rejected culture of school …

MAKING SENSE OF CHANGE AND STABILITY IN LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN'S CARE PLACEMENTS: A STATE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS

B Matthews, J McGhee, C Playford, C Dibben… - age, 2018 - pure.ed.ac.uk
Looked after children with out of home placements may experience multiple placements
before a stable environment is established for them. As a result, policy changes have aimed …

Making sense of change and stability in looked after children's care placements using state sequence analysis

B Matthews, C Playford, J McGhee, F Mitchell… - International Journal of …, 2018 - ijpds.org
Background Local authorities in Scotland have a responsibility to provide support for
vulnerable children and young people, known as 'looked after children'. This support can …