1st Edition
Rethinking Widening Participation in Higher Education The Role of Social Networks
Introduction Sue Heath, Alison Fuller and Brenda Johnston 1. Making Sense of Complex Social Network Data Brenda Johnston 2. Moving On Up? Exploring Narratives of Educational Progression Sue Heath 3. The Impact of School Experience on Progression Decisions Felix Maringe, Brenda Johnston, Alison Fuller and Sue Heath 4. The Relevance of Social Capital to Understanding Decision-making in Networks Alison Fuller 5. Career and Education Decision-making of Non-participants and their Networks Ros Foskett 6. The Extent to which Higher Education is Conceived as ‘Within the Bounds of the Possible’ Martin Dyke 7. Policy, Practice and the ‘New Widening Participation’ Nick Foskett Conclusion Alison Fuller, Sue Heath and Brenda Johnston
Biography
Alison Fuller is Professor of Education and Work in the School of Education, University of Southampton, UK.
Sue Heath is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UK.
Brenda Johnston is Senior Research Fellow in the School of Education, University of Southampton, UK.
