Not likely. Funding was only available if it was directed at the "disaffected".
My colleague made a very valid point and I suppose I hijacked its impact by homing in on his terminology. I apologise for this. Terminology can, however, be important. Disaffected does suggest bad attitude, placing the so-called problem firmly and squarely with young people. Moreover, it does not have a positive flipside. In my view, words such as "disengagement" are, first, more neutral and less evaluative, in that they simply describe the situation of young people and leave to further inquiry whether or not this is the product of institutional rejection or individual self-exclusion. Second, they have an opposite: in this case, the prospect of re-engagement.
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