Aspirations link to parental influence; Girls & young people from ethnic minority groups have higher expectations; high income families have higher expectations than teengage mothers and low income families; aspirations are formed in early life but are modified by experience and environment; aspirations tend to decline as constraints and previous achievements channel ideas; barriers include finance, achievement and attitude; belief in aspirations is important; higher aspirations often lead to higher achievement; low socio economic groups can not see this in academia; females can see a gap between occupational aspirations and their realisation; facilitation of achievement can be achieved through early life support; schools can offer easy advice, opportunities and involvement of professionals & volunteers.
01/06/2008, Institute of Education, Uni of London, Morrison Gutman, L & Akerman, R
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