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No "Self" Left Behind? Part-Time Distance Learning University Graduates: Social Class, Graduate Identity and Employability
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Delaney, Lorraine; Farren, Margaret – Open Learning, 2016
Higher education (HE) is regarded as a pathway to upward social mobility for those from lower socio-economic backgrounds. Social mobility is itself seen as important both for individual and national prosperity and is a key driver of government funding for HE. While access to HE has substantially increased over the past number of years, the…
Descriptors: Social Class, Part Time Students, Employment Potential, Distance Education