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Inspired by: FP7 » Growing Interest in failure of social care in educating young people

version: 2 / updated: 2010-12-04
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Originally submitted by: Ian Miles
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Last changed by: Rafael Popper
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Source of inspiration

European Commission Framework Programme for RTD (FP7)

Theme/activity of inspiration

Theme 8 - Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities

Sub-theme/area of inspiration

Societal trends and lifestyles

Optional reference/s to FP7 project/s

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Signal's headline

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Growing Interest in failure of social care in educating young people

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)
Growing concern with educational adaptation and achievement among young people from social care backgrounds. Crisis of social care: young people successfully sue care institutions for failure to prepare them for adult life, leading to breakdown of these institutions and desperate search for new approaches (super-foster parents? Use of private boarding schools?).

Keywords

social care, youth, people, education, learning, working

Mini-description

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Growing Interest in failure of social care in educating young people

Signal's first apperance

2005-now

Importance

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Level 1: important for a particular country UK
Level 3: important for the European Union

Filters preventing the signal's monitoring

institutional filters (rules, laws, regulations)
affective filters (emotions, anxiety, self-doubt)
social filters (class, status, education level)

Signal's relevance for European Grand Challenges

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particularly relevant Europe world
Ageing and other demographic tensions
Social exclusion & poverty
Social cohesion and diversity

Signal's relevance for thematic research areas

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Social Sciences and Humanities

Pan-European strategies influencing the signal

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Facilitating and promoting knowledge sharing and transfer

Research-friendly strategies potentially improving understanding of the signal

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Overcoming sub-criticality and systemic failures
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