Despite the high aspirations of young people from disadvantaged communities, they face barriers that are frustrating the realisation of their educational ambitions. Combining analysis of educational disadvantage at an international level and empirical data derived from fieldwork in Ireland, this book analyses the ‘left-behind’ phenomenon. It explains how denied educational equality and frustrated opportunity are undermining social cohesion and what we can do about it.

Originally published in 1915, this book was intended to encourage students of medieval history to take up palaeography by demonstrating its importance when applied to certain historical documents in the collection of the Public Records Office. Jenkinson details the various types of 'court hand' that may be seen on medieval records, and emphasises that the study of palaeography must necessarily be accompanied with an equal emphasis on the history of administration. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in medieval history and the history of British administrative conventions.