README File for Deposited Dataset Package

Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/PG/D283

Author: Lawrence Taylor, University of Southampton. ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5751-3291.

This deposited dataset package supports the thesis entitled:
"Perspectives from Care to Classroom: Non-Kinship Foster Carers’ Views on Education and Teenagers-in-Care’s Lived Experiences of Academic Resilience"

Awarded by: University of Southampton
Date of award: 2026

This deposit contains one zipped folder with supporting data and documentation for Chapters 2 and 3 of the thesis.

The zipped folder contains:

Chapter_2_Meta_Aggregation_Extracted_Findings_and_Synthesis.xlsx
Excel file containing extracted findings, illustrations, credibility ratings, and related analytic information from the meta-aggregative systematic literature review reported in Chapter 2.

README_Chapter_2_Meta_Aggregation.txt
Chapter-specific README file describing the Chapter 2 dataset.

Chapter_3_IPA_Raw_Data_Interview_Transcripts.docx
Microsoft Word document containing six pseudonymised interview transcripts from the IPA study reported in Chapter 3, including a contents page and researcher-generated experiential statements included as comments.

README_Chapter_3_IPA_Raw_Data.txt
Chapter-specific README file describing the Chapter 3 dataset.

Participant_info_sheet_and_blank_consent_form_for_designated_teachers.docx
Blank participant information sheet and consent form for Designated Teachers.

Participant_info_sheet_and_blank_consent_form_for_teenagers.docx
Blank participant information sheet and consent form for Teenagers-in-Care.

Further methodological and file-specific information is provided in the two chapter-specific README files inside the zipped folder.

Date that this README file was created: May 2026.