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Kim Allen

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Kim Allen

Kim Allen is a University Academic Fellow in Sociology at the University of Leeds. Her research isprimarily concerned with young people’s educational aspirations and education-to-work transitions. She has also published academic work on youth and celebrity culture, and inequalities in the cultural industries.

2 pieces

Newest first, since April 2017

  1. · Analysis

    Beware of the positive university

    Dr Anna Bull and Dr Kim Allen look hard at the ideological roots of Sir Anthony Seldon’s recent report for HEPI, and find a number of reasons to be cautious about the conclusions drawn therein.

    With Anna Bull

  2. · Comment

    We are having the wrong conversation about student employment

    Kim Allen argues that universities should develop strategies for making students’ lives more liveable – both as students and as workers