Access to success and social mobility through higher education : a curate's egg? / / edited by Stuart Billingham

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, United Kingdom : , : Emerald Publishing, , [2018]; ©2018
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxvii, 244 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 306.432
• Soggetto topico: Education, Higher - Great Britain; Effective teaching - Great Britain; Social mobility; Educational equalization; Education - Higher; "Higher & further education, tertiary education"
• Persona (resp. second.): BillinghamStuart
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Access to Success and Social Mobility through Higher Education -- Contents -- Foreword -- About the Contributors -- 1: Access to Success and Social Mobility Through Higher Education: A Curate's Egg? -- Global Contexts -- The 'Access' Debate -- The WP Discourse -- Access to Success: Policy and Practice -- Access to Success: Fees and Regulation -- Access to Success: Social Mobility -- An Alternative Discourse? -- Concluding Comments -- References -- Section A: Aspects of the Contemporary access debate -- 2: Access to the Elite -- Introduction -- Efforts to Date -- Slow Progress -- Impact of Spending -- Focussing on Admissions -- Conclusion -- References -- 3: Access to Higher Education in South Africa -- Background Information on Access to Higher Education in South Africa -- Quality of Education in South Africa -- Challenges of Acquiring He in South Africa -- Government Funding -- Cost of Higher Education -- Socio-economic, Class and Racial Inequalities -- Efforts Towards Improving Access to He in South Africa -- Commission on Higher Education (1995) -- The National Development Plan 2030 -- National Student Financial Aid Scheme -- The 'Free Education' Initiative -- Public-Private Partnership Model -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: Learning Through Life Revisited: The Role of Policy in Enhancing Social Mobility through Access to Part-Time Study -- Introduction -- Challenges to Lifelong Learning in Higher Education - A European View -- The Decline of Part-time Study in England - The Perfect Storm -- The Policy Problem -- What Does this Mean and What Can be Done? -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: Increasing Access to Tertiary and Higher Education in Rural Communities: Experiences from Tasmania and New Zealand -- Introduction -- General Issues for Tertiary and He Institutions -- Tasmania -- Partnerships -- Regional Access -- Curriculum Design. ; New Zealand -- Bay of Plenty Region -- Education Partnerships -- Institutional Initiatives -- Conclusion -- References -- Section B: Focussing on Student Success and Social Mobility -- 6: What Can Social Capital Contribute to Student Success in Higher Education? Perspectives from Students and Institutions -- What is Social Capital? -- The Implications of Social Capital for Student Success -- Students' Perceptions of the Benefit of Social Capital -- Connections and Relations -- Employability -- Personal Development -- Quality and Efficiency -- Student Success -- Benefits for Institutions -- Why Does Social Capital Matter in He? -- References -- 7: 'So, You Want to Be an Academic?' The Experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic ­Undergraduates in a UK Creative Arts University -- Introduction -- Further Context -- Key Findings in Context -- Lack of Staff Diversity -- Teaching Career Vaguely Framed -- Critical and Reflective Discussion -- Staff and a White Curriculum -- Aspirations to Teach -- Conclusion -- References -- 8: Students' Views of Tertiary Education as 'Access to Success': A Case Study of a Multicultural College in Israel -- Introduction and Context -- The Case Study -- The Participants - General -- Social, Economic and Educational Background -- The Focus of the Study -- Students' Self-efficacy -- What Did We Find and What Does it Mean? -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- 9: Collective Responsibility and Collaborative Action: Universities and Employers in Pursuit of Social Mobility -- Introduction: The Defining Social Policy Issue for Universities and Our Time -- The Gap in Graduate Outcomes by Socio-economic Background -- Factors Affecting the Gap -- Pre-University Experiences -- Transition and Retention -- Gaining Currency in the Employment Market -- Employer Practices -- Closing Remarks -- References. ; Section C: Innovations in Access to Success -- 10: Students Not Patients: Opening Up the University to Those with Mental Health Problems -- Introduction -- Converge and the 'Healing Campus' -- Who, Where and What: Identity, Place and Activity -- Identity and Healing the 'Fracture' -- Valued Spaces -- Working Together: A Community of Learners -- Support -- Conclusion -- References -- 11: Service Learning and Academic Activism: A Review, Prospects and a Time for Revival? -- Introduction: A Disruptive and Rebellious History -- Margins to Mainstream - Who Benefits? -- A Revival of Provocation and Disruption -- References -- 12: Warming a Higher Education Cold Spot: The Case of Coventry University in Scarborough -- Introduction: The Scarborough Context -- An Academic Model for Social Inclusion -- Applying the Model: A Micro University -- From Concept to Campus -- Progress So Far -- Final Reflections -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 13: A Teacher's Experience of the Transformative Pedagogic Effect of Part-Time Degree Study -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Conceptual Model -- Identity -- Literacy -- Workload -- Assessment -- Outcomes -- References -- Section D: Access to Success and Social Mobility: Thinking Big -- 14: Access to Success and Social Mobility Involves Everyone! A Whole Institution Approach to Widening Participation -- Introduction -- Study 1: What Works? Student Retention and Success -- Study 2: Understanding a WIA to WP -- Cultural and Structural Change -- The Role of Evidence -- A Deliberate Process of Change -- Examples -- Collaborative and Co-ordinated Outreach Involving Staff and Students from across the Institution -- Addressing Differential Attainment -- Improving Employment Outcomes -- Conclusions -- References -- 15: Advocating for Access: World Access to Higher Education Day and Beyond -- Introduction. ; The Need for Political Commitment -- World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) -- How Can WAHED be Effective? -- So, Where to from Here? -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This edited collection illuminates the benefits, drawbacks, challenges, opportunities of the push to widen access to success and social mobility through university and other post-secondary education experiences in the UK and internationally. It examines a range of particular case studies, and addresses issues including the role of part-time study, the experiences of BAME students, increasing access within rural communities, issues faced by those with mental health problems, and the role of employers. There has been some progress in some countries; increased access and enhanced success for some targeted populations, but not for others; and improvements in some regions of particular countries, but not for others. Efforts to improve access to success and social mobility, to strengthen the identification and nurturing of talent in every community and every corner of our societies, is, like the curates egg, only good in parts. This collection demonstrates that educational inequalities, unfairness and injustices still remain.
• Titolo autorizzato: Access to success and social mobility through higher education
• ISBN: 1-78743-992-5; 1-78743-836-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809651103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Great debates in higher education.