Louise Archer is a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Policy Studies in Education at London Metropolitan University. She researches issues of 'race', gender, social class and education including: widening participation to HE; Chinese pupils' identities and aspirations; and inner-city pupils who 'drop out' of schooling. She is co-author of Higher Education and Social Class: issues of exclusion and inclusion (Routledge Falmer)

• Social exclusion, risk and urban schools'The Street', 'the estate' and 'my trainers': social class and urban educationEntangled identities: 'race', ethnicity and schooling'Responsible boys' and 'glamorous girls'? Gender and schoolingAspirations and 'the future'Respect, reciprocity and relevance: the three Rs for urban schoolsChoice or coercion? Policies to promote educational engagementConclusions

Louise Archer is a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Policy Studies in Education at London Metropolitan University. She researches issues of 'race', gender, social class and education including: widening participation to HE; Chinese pupils' identities and aspirations; and inner-city pupils who 'drop out' of schooling. She is co-author of Higher Education and Social Class: issues of exclusion and inclusion (Routledge Falmer)

• Social exclusion, risk and urban schools'The Street', 'the estate' and 'my trainers': social class and urban educationEntangled identities: 'race', ethnicity and schooling'Responsible boys' and 'glamorous girls'? Gender and schoolingAspirations and 'the future'Respect, reciprocity and relevance: the three Rs for urban schoolsChoice or coercion? Policies to promote educational engagementConclusions

Louise Archer is a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Policy Studies in Education at London Metropolitan University. She researches issues of 'race', gender, social class and education including: widening participation to HE; Chinese pupils' identities and aspirations; and inner-city pupils who 'drop out' of schooling. She is co-author of Higher Education and Social Class: issues of exclusion and inclusion (Routledge Falmer)

• Social exclusion, risk and urban schools'The Street', 'the estate' and 'my trainers': social class and urban educationEntangled identities: 'race', ethnicity and schooling'Responsible boys' and 'glamorous girls'? Gender and schoolingAspirations and 'the future'Respect, reciprocity and relevance: the three Rs for urban schoolsChoice or coercion? Policies to promote educational engagementConclusions