London Research is a new series of research briefs, each highlighting key findings from a particular piece of research on a key London issue.

Understanding Migrants
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This publication summarises key findings of a recent book by David Block, Multilingual Identities in a Global City: London Stories (Palgrave, 2006), to shed new light on migration and migrant groups in London, with particular relevance to education, learning and the labour market.

London’s Secondary Schools: Diverse Provision, Social Sorting?
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This publication compares London's secondary school provision with that of other metropolitan areas outside London, and looks at the distribution of students across different kinds of school in the capital. Written by Ruth Lupton and Cathie Hammond this compares London's secondary school provision with that of other metropolitan areas outside London, and looks at the distribution of students across different kinds of school in the capital, in the light of concerns about the relationship between increasing diversity of schooling and social sorting of students within the school system. For Background Data used to create the report please click here .