ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the areas that stand outside the major divide we have characterised based on our data. Areas are of interest include the digital ‘new economy’ that often provides a justification for learning at work, and other creative fields. These may be exciting, innovative fields, where hardware and software change so rapidly that taught courses cannot possibly keep up. Yet the corollary of this technological impetus is the structure of so much of the ‘new economy’, often organised around virtual networks of precariously employed staff. The notion of a ‘work placement’ scarcely coheres with the experience of young people working in makeshift spaces. These difficulties are particularly salient for creative digital areas and extend further to encompass creative studies. They have further implications for wider structures of employment in an increasingly networked economy.
