A lecture to mark the launch of Naomi Eisenstadt's second report to the Scottish Government as Independent Advisor on Poverty and Inequality, focusing on the life chances of young people in Scotland.

The last ESREA Access, Learning Careers and Identity Network Conference in 2015 interrogated the dimension of continuity and discontinuity in learning careers. The 2017 Conference - entitled Exploring Learning Contexts: Implications for Access, Learning Careers and Identities - will shift the focus to the concept of ‘learning contexts’ and how they impact on access, learning careers and identities.