Abstract
Made up almost entirely of extracts from ethnographic research diaries, this chapter has three purposes. Firstly, it gives some insights into the daily life of the PRU learning centres, an area of education provision that is often unknown or misunderstood. Secondly, it offers insights into the personal journey of ethnographic research by describing experiences of the researchers during their time in the centres. Thirdly, it illustrates the process of the research itself, in all its eventful unpredictability. Throughout the chapter, potentially interesting observations relating to either methodological or linguistic points will be commented and reflected on, with a summary of the key themes presented at the end.
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Business and Technology Education Council.
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Susan was involved in a project in the same area of the city 10 years ago which looked at young people in youth clubs.
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The confusion is between Halle Berry the film star and Mary Berry, the 82-year-old food writer and TV presenter (co-presenter at the time of popular TV show The Great British Bake Off).
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Manchester Centre for Youth Studies (MCYS) is a research centre based at Manchester Metropolitan University which has YPAR at its core. http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/mcys/.
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Drummond, R. (2018). A Year in the Life of the PRU. In: Researching Urban Youth Language and Identity. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73462-0_5
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