ABSTRACT
In the 1960s and 1970s a substantial amount of research into the ‘transition from school to work’ (TSW) was carried out in Britain. It comprised a distinct field of study, recognised as such by most of its practitioners, even if the precise boundaries of this field may have been open to debate. It studied pupils in their last year at secondary school, young workers in their first year or two in employment, and apprentices and other young workers studying part-time in Further Education (FE) Colleges. Most of its subjects were working-class males who left school at the minimum age.
