L-earning: Rethinking Young Women’s Working Lives – Final Report

This report presents key findings and recommendations from the 3-year Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded study ‘L-earning: rethinking young women’s working lives’. The research team is based at the University of Leeds, University of Manchester and City St. George’s, University of London. This mixed-methods study draws on data from: a) analyses of national datasets of student employment (Annual Population Survey (APS); Next-Steps; and the Covid and Social Mobility study); b) focus group interviews with 83 young women students (aged 14-23) attending state schools, Further Education (FE) colleges and sixth forms, and universities across England; and c) one-to-one interviews with 76 young women (aged 23-29) no longer in education and who are working in feminized sectors.