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Access, Participation and Higher Education Policy and Practice
286 Pages
by
Routledge
285 Pages
by
Routledge
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Participation - and particularly widening participation to students from less-privileged social groups and those who have traditionally not entered HE - has been a major issue since at least the early 1950s. Widening participation has been an active policy of almost all UK governments over the past 40 years, but the issue is now reaching a possible impasse, with numbers at best static and key... Read more
Introduction - Education in Demand? Annette Hayton and Anna Paczuska. Part 1 The Changing Context for Higher Education: Getting In and Getting On - Choosing the Best, Sheila Macrae and Meg Maguire; Challenging Inequality, Choosing Inclusion - Higher Educa
Biography
Annette Hayton is Development Officer London University's Institute of Education, and is editor of Social Exclusion also published by RoutledgeFalmer. Anna Paczuska is Director, Access and Participation at South Bank University, London
'Overall this is a very useful and well written collection of papers which should be read widely and will certainly spark further debate and action. One of the most fascinating aspects of the book is the way in which it highlights the different ways in which higher education may be viewed.' - Journal of Inservice Education
'Hayton and Paczuska's collection makes for thoughtful reading ... The book has many strengths, including a critical approach to policy.' - Higher Education Review
