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Title: Altered Courses: A Qualitative Exploration of the Experience and Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Cost-of-Living Crisis on Young People in the UK
Language: English
Authors: Milo Warby, Alice Coulter, Sutton Trust (United Kingdom)
Source: Sutton Trust. 2025.
Availability: Sutton Trust. 9th Floor Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 4QP. Tel: +44-20-7802-1660; E-mail: info@suttontrust.com; Web site: http://www.suttontrust.com/
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 62
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
Secondary Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Late Adolescents, COVID-19, Pandemics, Locus of Control, Family Income, Socioeconomic Background, College Bound Students, Noncollege Bound Students, Economic Factors, Social Influences, Economic Impact, Student Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Resilience (Psychology), Educational Opportunities, Costs, Quality of Life, Disadvantaged Youth, Decision Making, Student Experience, Environmental Influences
Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Abstract: The cost-of-living crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have had profound consequences on young people, with potential implications for their future life chances. To look at these consequences in-depth, this report analyses interviews with 22 young people from the COVID Social Mobility and Opportunities (COSMO) Study cohort in Winter 2023. Participants were interviewed between the ages of 18 and 19, a key transition point between childhood and adulthood. Analysis finds that amongst those from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, some were unable to follow their desired plans due to educational setbacks and poor grades resulting from a disrupted pandemic education. Others felt they had to go straight into a career to avoid the costs of university. The most significant effects were felt by those who had experienced care, family bereavements, who lacked additional support, or were unable to afford the educational opportunities they aspired to pursue. This latest report is released as part of The Sutton's Trust work with the COSMO Study, the largest study of its kind into the effects of the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis on the life chances of a generation of young people. [This report was produced with Verian.]
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