Black Students in English Vocational Education and Training

This paper addresses the lived experience of African Caribbean and mixed heritage youth in VET which has in recent years been an under-researched area. The study is an exploratory case study of an opportunistic sample of four young people from the north of England, aged 16-25, 1 male and 3 females. We set this preliminary study in its broader socio-economic context and draw on historical data to illustrate change and continuity in the processes we explore.