Author and freelance journalist, Fran Abrams, has been awarded the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Journalist Fellowship to explore how and why so many young people in Britain fall outside of education, employment and training systems.
Given every two years, the £50,000 bursaries enable experienced journalists to take time out from their deadline-driven schedules to write a book about challenging areas of social policy.
Fran has been reporting on social policy for more than 20 years and is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4, The Guardian, The Times and other national newspapers.

An Oxford Mail investigation supported by Trading Standards has discovered that a high majority of local shop owners are ignoring new tobacco laws.
With the help of a 16-year-old volunteer, the paper uncovered a widespread problem of local shops failing to implement laws to stop under-18s purchasing cigarettes.

Dozens of children proved the sacrifice of servicemen and women has not been forgotten, by entering the Kent Messenger poppy art competition.
Their poignant pictures included solitary poppies, tributes to grandparents who fought in the Second World War, and slogans calling for people to treat each other with respect and put down their weapons.

A trainee reporter at the Epping Forest Guardian has leapt head first into a charity event.
Suzy Whitaker, (23), took part in a sponsored bungee jump to raise money for the Little Havens Children's Hospice in Essex.

The Hull Daily Mail has launched a campaign to call on all insurance companies in the region to give householders a fairer deal, whether they were affected by the recent floods or not.
An online petition, launched last month in support of the Play Fair campaign, will be presented to the Association of British Insurers as an indication of the anger and disappointment felt by people living in the Hull and East Riding area.

Reporter Ben Frampton put aside his fear of heights to abseil Newport's famous 242ft Transporter Bridge.
Ben said in his piece for the South Wales Argus: "To mark my achievement I tucked into a bacon sandwich - as soon as my hands stopped shaking."