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Objective Postsecondary educational attainment is the key for successful transition to adulthood, economic self‐sufficiency, and good mental and physical health. Method Secondary analyses of school leavers’ data were carried out to establish postsecondary educational trajectories of students on the autism spectrum in the United Kingdom. Results Findings show that students with autism who had attended mainstream secondary schools enter Further Education (post‐16 vocational training) at lower rates and Higher Education (University) institutions at a similar rate to other students. They study the full range of subjects on offer. However, they are more likely to be younger, study at a lower academic level, and remain living at home with their parents. Conclusion While course completion data were not yet available, attainment data showed that prospects are improving, although more needs to be done to enable these young adults to achieve their full postsecondary educational potential.

Involvement has been identified as an important characteristic in enabling staff to develop, express, and act upon their ideas about improvement. We have employed an adapted 4-dimensional model to explore involvement across a large group of staff in psychological services.

i ABSTRACTThe heat production of fasted and fed littermate pairs of pigs weaned at 10, 17 and 24 days of age was determined between 16 to 34°C. Up to and including 34°C the post-weaning heat production of fasted pigs at 10 and 17 days of age decreased with rising temperature. Rectal temperatures of all 24-day-old fasted pigs were higher at 34°C than at 31°C. For fed pigs weaned at 10 days of age the heat production continued to decrease up to and including 34°C. The decrease between 28°C and 31°C and between 31°C and 34°C was comparatively small and rectal temperatures were slightly elevated at 34°C. The results indicated that for fed pigs weaned at 17 and 24 days the thermoneutral zone was in the region of 31°C and the lower critical temperatures were about 28°C.