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| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Title: | ''I don''t want to go to a crummy little university'': social class, higher education choice and the paradox of widening participation |
| Author: | Byrom, T. |
| Abstract: | Whilst there has been growing attention paid to the imbalance of Higher Education (HE) applications according to social class, insufficient attention has been paid to the successful minority of working-class young people who do secure places in some of the UK’s leading HE institutions. In particular, the influence and nature of pre-university interventions on such students’ choice of institution has been under-explored. Data from an ESRC-funded PhD study of 16 young people who participated in a Sutton Trust Summer School are used to illustrate how the effects of a school-based institutional habitus and directed intervention programmes can be instrumental in guiding student choices and decisions relating to participation in Higher Education. |
| URL | http://imp.sagepub.com/cgi/doi/10.1177/1365480209348819 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Pages | 209-224 |
| Publication | Improving Schools |
| ISSN | 1365-4802 |
| Date | 2009-11-09 2009-11-09 |
| DOI | 10.1177/1365480209348819 |
| Accessed | 2011-10-02 09:22:52 |
| Library Catalog | CrossRef |
| Short Title | 'I don't want to go to a crummy little university' |