Accounting

, 42

Adele story

, 158–165

Adrian (socially conscious economist)

, 71–78

Anxiety

, 184

feelings of

, 189

Austerity

, 8

Autoethnography

, 56–57

Baby boomers

, 1

Balloon Festival

, 45–46

Biology

, 42

Black and ethnic minority (BAME)

, 35

Black bourgeoisie

, 36, 38

Black youths in Britain

, 35–39

Bonding capital

, 29

Bridging capital

, 29

Bridging the Gap

, 33

Bristol

communities

, 10–11

and universities

, 45–48

British working-people

, 5–6

Capitals

, 4

Care work

, 151

Class

, 2–3, 42–43

ceiling

, 26

fractions

, 178

in higher education

, 22–27

relations

, 28–29

in twenty-first century

, 27–30

Classed transitions

, 48–56

Connexions

, 33

Constant Flux, The

, 28–29

Converted working-class

, 25

Coronavirus pandemic

, 23

Counter-narrative of ‘Gay Pride’

, 57–58

Credit crunch. See Generation Crunch

Crisis of masculinity

, 11–12

Critical moments

, 57–58

Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)

, 133

Cultural capital

, 2–3, 149–150, 162

Culture of worklessness

, 33–34

Curriculum vitae (CV)

, 24

Deindustrialization

, 11–12

Deliveroo

, 13–14

Deprivation

, 46–47

Differentiation processes

, 177–178

Drama

, 42

Dylan story

, 78–82

Economic capital

, 2–3, 149–150, 162

Economics

, 42

Education Maintenance Awards (EMAs)

, 33

Elite professions

, 5–6

Embodied capital

, 26

Employability skills

, 172

Engineering

, 42

English

, 42

Experiential capital

, 180

Extra-curricular activities (ECA)

, 50–51

Family contacts

, 177–178

Female-dominated professions

, 151

Francesca’s story

, 100–106

FutureTrack quantitative study

, 13

Gender segregation

, 92–93

Gendered choices

, 179–181

Gendered transitions

, 48–56

Generation Crunch

, 8

Generation Rent

, 8

Generation Y (Gen Y)

, 7–8

Generation Z (Gen Z)

, 8

Geography

, 42

Gig economy

, 4, 13–14

Glass floor

, 55–56, 187

Glastonbury Festival

, 45–46

Graduate premium

, 4

Graduate struggles in post-recession society

, 14–21

Graduate underemployment

, 9

Graduates and pandemic

, 181–184

Grafting

, 37

‘Great Recession’ of 2007–2008

, 10

Harbour Festival

, 45–46

Harriet’s story

, 106–114

Hidden injuries of class

, 20–21

Higher education (HE)

impact of

, 3, 42

students in

, 3–4

system

, 1

Higher education institution (HEI)

, 7–8

experiences

, 177

History

, 42

Homophily

, 26

Horizontal segregation

, 92

Individualization

, 19–20

Inequalities

, 185–187

Internships

, 154–155, 161–162, 177–178

Intersectional approach

, 8–9

Jackie story

, 165–171

Jilted Generation

, 8

Jobs

, 31, 92

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

, 36–37

Justin story

, 137–142

Kyle story

, 129–137

Labour markets

, 92

in recession

, 9–14

Lauren’s story

, 114–119

Law

, 42

Learning to Labour (Willis)

, 32

Lib Dems

, 7–8

Liberal Democratic Party

, 7–8

Lloyd story

, 66–71

London factor

, 55

Loneliness

, 184

Long Transition, The

, 16

Longitudinal Education Outcomes survey

, 17–18

Lost Generation, The

, 8

Melissa story

, 152–158

Middle class

, 2–3

Middle-class graduates

, 55–56

Middle-class men

, 4–5, 65–66

Adrian story

, 71–78

Dylan story

, 78–82

Lloyd story

, 66–71

narrative accounts

, 66

Sebastian story

, 82–90

Middle-class pupils

, 11

Middle-class women

, 4–5

experiences of middle-class women graduates

, 91

Francesca’s story

, 100–106

Hannah’s story

, 93–100

Harriet’s story

, 106–114

Lauren’s story

, 114–119

Millennials

, 7–8, 22, 27

Miseducation: inequality, education and the working class (2017)

, 22–23

Modern Apprenticeships

, 33

Multidimensional approach

, 42–43

Narrative

, 56–57

Not in education, training or employment (NEET)

, 30, 123

Paired Peers (research project)

, 2, 4, 12, 22, 41–42

Bristol and universities

, 45–48

classed and gendered transitions

, 48–56

people stories

, 56–58

stories

, 59

study

, 160

team

, 181

People stories

, 56–58

Politics

, 42

Post-graduation narratives

, 162

Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)

, 51, 53–54

Precariat

, 14, 19

‘Prince’s Trust, Prince Charles’ charity for young people

, 34–35

Progressives

, 21

Property business

, 184

Proposals

, 185

Psychology

, 42

‘Race to the bottom’

, 11–12, 17

Racial discrimination

, 38–39

Racial segregation

, 38–39

Recession

, 8

Reflexive modernity

, 19–20

Road culture

, 37

Rob story

, 142–146

Rules of the game

, 25, 95

Russell Group (RG)

, 17–18

universities

, 155

Sariah story

, 172–176

‘Saturday jobs’

, 10–11

Sebastian story

, 82–90

Segregation

, 92

Shane story

, 124–129

Sink schools

, 32

Social anxiety

, 153

Social capital

, 2–3, 149–150, 156–157, 162

Social work

, 151

Sociologists of youth

, 16

Sociology

, 42

Stalled middle-class

, 25

Static working-class

, 25

Stories

, 56–57

Story-telling

, 56

Strategic middle-class

, 25

Strategic working-class

, 25

Stress

, 184

Teaching

, 51, 53, 68–69, 151

idea of

, 69

Telling Sexual Stories (Plummer)

, 57–58

Travelling

, 95–96

Trust’s Tesco Youth Index

, 34–35

Uber

, 13–14

Unconscious bias

, 35

Underclass

, 33–34

Unemployment

, 30

Universal Credit payments

, 19

University of Bristol (UoB)

, 18, 21, 41–42, 45, 47

University of the West of England (UWE)

, 18, 21, 41–42, 45, 47

Unpaid placements

, 177–178

Upper middle-class

, 93

Vertical segregation

, 92

Winners and Losers project

, 9–13, 57–58, 91

Working class

, 2–3

Working-class BAME youth

, 36–37

Working-class children

, 23

Working-class female college students

, 19–20

Working-class graduates

, 179

Working-class men

, 4–5

Justin story

, 137–142

Kyle story

, 129–137

Rob story

, 142–146

Shane story

, 124–129

work stories

, 123

Working-class students

, 11, 24, 26, 51, 53–55

Working-class women

, 4–5, 149

Adele story

, 158–165

Jackie story

, 165–171

Melissa story

, 152–158

respectable occupation for

, 150–151

Sariah story

, 172–176

Working-class youths

, 32–33

YouGov

, 34–35

Young care workers

, 30

‘Young graduates’ employment trajectories

, 8–9

black youths in Britain

, 35–39

graduate struggles in post-recession society

, 14–21

labour markets in recession

, 9–14

millennials and class in higher education

, 22–27

youth and exclusion

, 30–35

Young middle-class people

, 24–25

Young working-class

men

, 123

women

, 150

Youth and exclusion

, 30–35

Youth Offender Team in Bristol

, 135

Youth Training Scheme (YTS)

, 33

Zero-hours contracts

, 13–14