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Leaving Northern Ireland: youth mobility field, habitus and recession among und...
Cairns, D.; Growiec, K.; Smyth, J.This article explores the dichotomy between the high prevalence and low incidence of youth mobility intentions, utilising the results of quantitative and qualitative research conducted with 400 students during 2010 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Comparisons with results from a prior study on student mobility also show that the recent recession had made relatively little impact upon the prevalence of mobility int...
I wouldn’t mind moving actually: exploring student mobility in Northern Ireland
Cairns, D.; Smyth, J.This article examines orientations towards future geographical mobility amongst young people in Northern Ireland presently studying at third level educational institutions. Following contextualisation of youth mobility as pertaining to students in this region, the results of recent quantitative and qualitative research are discussed. Over half of these young people, 55 per cent, see themselves living outside No...