ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The research team would like to thank all of those who participated in this research. Thanks are especially due to the Collaborative Enquiry Projects - local authority and school staff, pupils, parents and other stakeholders - in the 12 Scottish local authorities for their co-operation in the research and for their willingness to share their experiences and challenges with others. We also wish to thank the staff of the training providers, employers, colleges, universities, Skills Development Scotland and Jobcentre Plus for the time they spent giving us the perspective of possible end-users.
We acknowledge with thanks the work of John Hart, Associate at the Centre for Educational Sociology, whose literature review and model building laid such a strong foundation for the work outlined in this report.
Our thanks also go to the administrative staff, Carolyn Newton at the Centre for Educational Sociology in the University of Edinburgh and Elaine Black at Enterprising Careers in the University of Strathclyde for their hard work and patience throughout the research.
The research was supported by a Research Advisory Group and we thank them for their advice and support.
The research was funded by the Scottish Government. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the Scottish Government.
This report is dedicated to Angela Jackson, good friend and colleague, who died 18 th November 2009.