“To get a good job, you have to have an education”
Previous research has indicated that there is a resistance to education among young people in industrial towns. A new thesis based on interviews with young people and parents in Söderhamn, Sweden, shows that this is not the case. They have a positive view of higher education and believe continuing with their education can be necessary to get a good job.
The thesis examines what young people in Söderhamn, Sweden, – a place where historically a university degree has not been required to get a job – think about continuing to higher education.
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New and expanded database on the history of work
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Housing construction breaks down segregation
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Consensus is far from the whole story
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