This book examines how sole parents are constituted within university contexts, through social discourse and social policies. The gendered assumptions of female parental care-work are analysed as both constraining and enabling sole parent participation in higher education. Social welfare policies and the policies of university institutions are also considered as central to the experiences of sole parents who study at universities. This book explores the sense of belonging and engagement for sole parents in higher education with a view to challenging how universities engage with under-represented and diverse students. Equitable access to higher education is important as a potentially transformative personal and social good and this book cont...
Historically, university cultures have been described as masculine in orientation, and the ‘ideal le...
Is access to higher education really open to all? How does the experience of higher education vary b...
Single-parent families represent a significant proportion of all UK families, but literature suggest...
This paper discusses key factors informing learning experience and outcomes in Higher education for ...
This dissertation examines how the social and material relations of higher education coordinate and ...
This thesis examines the experiences of sole parents within the institutional conditions of postgrad...
This timely volume explores the ways that university institutions affect the experiences of student ...
This paper focuses on how the personal experience of lone parents who become students informs their ...
This study explores the educational and social experiences of 17 undergraduate lone parent students ...
During its time in office, the UK’s Labour government gave a strong message that having caring respo...
The paper focuses on current research at the University of Sussex, located within the sociology of e...
In the UK, close to one in four children are cared for by a lone parent (Policy Research Institute, ...
Widening participation has opened higher education (HE) to diverse learners, but in doing so has cre...
Females are half of the world’s population and therefore should be present in all levels of educatio...
This article seeks to help fill some of the gaps in the limited existing research on parent students...
Historically, university cultures have been described as masculine in orientation, and the ‘ideal le...
Is access to higher education really open to all? How does the experience of higher education vary b...
Single-parent families represent a significant proportion of all UK families, but literature suggest...
This paper discusses key factors informing learning experience and outcomes in Higher education for ...
This dissertation examines how the social and material relations of higher education coordinate and ...
This thesis examines the experiences of sole parents within the institutional conditions of postgrad...
This timely volume explores the ways that university institutions affect the experiences of student ...
This paper focuses on how the personal experience of lone parents who become students informs their ...
This study explores the educational and social experiences of 17 undergraduate lone parent students ...
During its time in office, the UK’s Labour government gave a strong message that having caring respo...
The paper focuses on current research at the University of Sussex, located within the sociology of e...
In the UK, close to one in four children are cared for by a lone parent (Policy Research Institute, ...
Widening participation has opened higher education (HE) to diverse learners, but in doing so has cre...
Females are half of the world’s population and therefore should be present in all levels of educatio...
This article seeks to help fill some of the gaps in the limited existing research on parent students...
Historically, university cultures have been described as masculine in orientation, and the ‘ideal le...
Is access to higher education really open to all? How does the experience of higher education vary b...
Single-parent families represent a significant proportion of all UK families, but literature suggest...