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		<title>Colluding with Control: The Reconfiguration of Youth Work Education in England</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Danny Connelly argues that the NYA is colluding with a neoliberal ideological project, through its downgrading of the youth work qualifying level in England.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Youth work is NOT a minimum wage profession &#8211; a plea from youth work educators to our National Youth Agency…</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi Thompson]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Naomi Thompson and other HE colleagues argue that the NYA proposals to change the qualification framework for youth work will downgrade the profession.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Adopting an autobiographical approach to reflective practice: A journey from academic to youth work pracademic</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tania de St Croix]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catherine Wilkinson shares the benefits of a reflective biographical approach.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Becoming a Youth Worker: Contested approaches to education and training</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Muirhead]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this article, Cooper explores holistic youth work education, praxis and pracademia]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>“The Confused Practitioner”: A critical reflection of the professional identity of a youth worker</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aston Wood]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 08:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Simon Williams, Tim Rosier, Laura Fox-Lee, Lucie Hutson, and Richard Dawson discuss key stabilising aspects of the youth work profession offering a critical introduction to youth work values, skills, contexts, and training that could potentially lead to ‘confused practitioners’.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The &#8216;secular culture&#8217; of youth work training</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new research report on the role of religion and faith in youth work training was launched in May 2021.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>YMCA and Youth Work Education</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tony Jeffs marks the closure of the YMCA George Williams College in London ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>(Un)Happy 21st Birthday NEET! A genealogical approach to understanding young people Not in Education, Employment or Training</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Liam Wrigley traces how use of the term NEET has impacted on governance of young people over the last 21 years. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>‘Down with the kids’? Examining the male youth worker as role model and mentor to young men involved in violence</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2019 14:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Harris argues a psychosocial approach is useful for youth work involving ex-offenders as role models with young people around youth violence.]]></description>
		
		
		
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