The hub focuses on developing a robust, evidence-based understanding of effective approaches for engaging and supporting young men who experience marginalisation in education. Our core aims are to deepen insights into how educational and social systems reinforce and embed gender-based inequality and harm, fostering a richer understanding of young men’s interactions with these structures.

In listening to the voices of young men, the hub has ambitions to create spaces for collaboration both by bringing together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to:

1) critically engage with these issues

2) equipping educators with the knowledge and tools to better understand the challenges young men face in education

3) to implement strategies that enhance their outcomes and progression. When professionals advocate for the lived experiences of young men, it becomes more possible to challenge deficit-based narratives and promote a strengths-based approach