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- Author : Mahsood Shah
- Publsiher : Chandos Publishing
- Release : 19 October 2015
- ISBN : 0081002467
- Pages : 292 pages
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Download or read book entitled Widening Higher Education Participation by author: Mahsood Shah which was release on 19 October 2015 and published by Chandos Publishing with total page 292 pages . This book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle Format. Governments have introduced policies to widen the participation of disadvantaged students in higher education. Widening participation policies are also introduced to ensure that higher education contributes to social and economic outcomes. This book includes important insights from 23 leading scholars across 11 countries on a wide range of topics that focus on government policies, institutional structures and the social and economic impacts of widening participation. While widening participation policies and outcomes in developed countries are more widely documented, the policies, achievements, and challenges in other countries such as Brazil, China, Indonesia, South Africa and Palestine are not so widely disseminated. Therefore, the ‘untold stories’ of policies and outcomes of widening participation are a key part of this book. The chapters are organised according to three overarching themes, which include national and transnational studies of the history of widening participation and current policies; inclusive learning and academic outcomes; and socioeconomic structures, concepts and theories. engages prominent academics, earlier career researchers, and research students provides a wide range of topics related to widening participation explores social and economic impact of widening student participation presents untold stories of widening participation in developing countries experiencing growth in youth population
- Author : Mahsood Shah,Anna Bennett,Erica Southgate
- Publisher : Chandos Publishing
- Release Date : 2015-10-19
- Total pages : 292
- ISBN : 0081002467
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Summary : Governments have introduced policies to widen the participation of disadvantaged students in higher education. Widening participation policies are also introduced to ensure that higher education contributes to social and economic outcomes. This book includes important insights from 23 leading scholars across 11 countries on a wide range of topics that focus on ...
- Author : Great Britain. National Audit Office
- Publisher : The Stationery Office
- Release Date : 2008
- Total pages : 63
- ISBN : 0081002467
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Summary : Some progress is being made in encouraging under-represented groups to continue into higher education, but particular sections of society remain significantly under-represented and too little is known about the link between measures taken by institutions and any improvements in access. The attainment of qualifications at secondary school is the principal ...
- Author : Penny Jane Burke
- Publisher : Routledge
- Release Date : 2013-06-19
- Total pages : 240
- ISBN : 0081002467
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Summary : The landscape of higher education has undergone change and transformation in recent years, partly as a result of diversification and massification. However, persistent patterns of under-representation continue to perplex policy-makers and practitioners, raising questions about current strategies, policies and approaches to widening participation. Presenting a comprehensive review and critique of ...
- Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Public Accounts Committee
- Publisher : The Stationery Office
- Release Date : 2009
- Total pages : 51
- ISBN : 0081002467
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Summary : This 4th report from the Public Accounts Committee (HC 226, session 2008-09, ISBN 9780215526557) follows on from an NAO report on the same topic (HC 725, session 2008-09, ISBN 9780102954203). Participation in higher education has increased since 1999-2000, but particular groups remain under-represented. Men from lower socio-economic backgrounds are significantly under-represented, particularly those from ...
- Author : Christopher Duke,Geoff Layer
- Publisher : Niace
- Release Date : 2005
- Total pages : 160
- ISBN : 0081002467
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Summary : This is a review of the road travelled so far and the way ahead for widening participation in English higher education. Its broad range of contributors - from higher education institutions, and from schools, further education, funding and planning agencies and the NHS - argue the case for more diverse ...
- Author : Alison Fuller,Sue Heath,Brenda Johnston
- Publisher : Taylor & Francis
- Release Date : 2011-04-26
- Total pages : 176
- ISBN : 0081002467
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Summary : Extending higher education to people from diverse backgrounds and widening participation is a current international priority. This study, based on empirical data, is the first of its kind examining why people choose not to enter higher education...
- Author : Navin Kikabhai
- Publisher : Springer
- Release Date : 2018-05-08
- Total pages : 266
- ISBN : 0081002467
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Summary : This book offers a critical investigation of the exclusion of individuals described as having ‘learning difficulties’ from participation in higher education. Using a postmodernist framework, the author explores the insights and experiences of a theatre group attempting to develop an undergraduate degree programme in the performing arts. In doing so, ...
- Author : Catherine A. Marshall,Sam J. Nolan,Douglas P. Newton
- Publisher : Springer
- Release Date : 2016-09-21
- Total pages : 198
- ISBN : 0081002467
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Summary : This book highlights the problems that have developed as students lack either the social or cultural capital to take the opportunity of Higher Education through conventional routes. This might be due to leaving school early, lacking entry qualifications or wanting to further their education and prospects after entering the workplace. ...
- Author : Miriam David,Ann-Marie Bathmaker,Gill Crozier,Pauline Davis,Hubert Ertl,Alison Fuller,Geoff Hayward,Sue Heath,Chris Hockings,Gareth Parry,Diane Reay,Anna Vignoles,Julian Williams
- Publisher : Routledge
- Release Date : 2009-09-18
- Total pages : 288
- ISBN : 0081002467
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Summary : Improving Learning by Widening Participation in Higher Education presents a strong and coherent rationale for improving learning for diverse students from a range of socio-economic, ethnic/racial and gender backgrounds within higher education, and for adults across the life course. Edited by Miriam David, the Associate Director of the ESRC’...
- Author : Penny Jane Burke,Annette Hayton,Jacqueline Stevenson
- Publisher : Trentham Books Limited
- Release Date : 2018-05-15
- Total pages : 190
- ISBN : 0081002467
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Summary : Evaluation is a contested field. This collection considers the relationship between evaluation and research, and the ethical and moral dilemmas raised when evaluating equity and widening participation in higher education. The growing demands for "evidence of impact" frame expectations that we can justify government funding of particular university-led equity initiatives ...
- Author : Fatemeh Rabiee
- Publisher : Unknown
- Release Date : 2000
- Total pages : 57
- ISBN : 0081002467
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Summary : Read online Widening Participation Increasing Access to Higher Education for Muslim Women written by Fatemeh Rabiee, published by which was released on 2000. Download full Widening Participation Increasing Access to Higher Education for Muslim Women Books now! Available in PDF, ePub and Kindle....
- Author : Miriam E. David
- Publisher : Unknown
- Release Date : 2008
- Total pages : 27
- ISBN : 0081002467
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Summary : Read online Widening Participation in Higher Education written by Miriam E. David, published by which was released on 2008. Download full Widening Participation in Higher Education Books now! Available in PDF, ePub and Kindle....
- Author : Valerie Harwood,Anna Hickey-Moody,Samantha McMahon,Sarah O'Shea
- Publisher : Taylor & Francis
- Release Date : 2016-12-01
- Total pages : 218
- ISBN : 0081002467
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Summary : Young people with tenuous relationships to schooling and education are an enduring challenge when it comes to addressing social inclusion, yet their experiences remain overlooked in efforts to widen participation in higher education. The Politics of Widening Participation and University Access for Young People examines the existing knowledges and feelings ...
- Author : Graeme Atherton,Steve Kendall,Michael Naughton,Martin Webster
- Publisher : Unknown
- Release Date : 2018
- Total pages : 240
- ISBN : 0081002467
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Summary : Access to higher education (HE) by social background in England is profoundly unequal. These inequalities, however, are not confined to socio-economic background, nor just to entry into HE. The retention rates, degree outcomes, and post-HE employability all differ significantly by socio-economic background, gender, ethnicity and disability. This collection brings together ...
- Author : Ghanshym Koolmon
- Publisher : Unknown
- Release Date : 2018-09-21
- Total pages : 28
- ISBN : 0081002467
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Summary : Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Pedagogy - Higher Education, grade: -, language: English, abstract: Students in the higher education can be categorised under traditional and non-traditional. While traditional students are typically referred to as those belonging to the 18-24 years age group, of middle/ upper class with ...
