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Katherine Davey – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2025
Higher education is increasingly positioned as a private good for prospective students in England, through which they can hope to gain an economic return on their 'investment'. This paper offers new ways of thinking about the purpose of university study and the benchmarks of graduate success. Using Margaret Archer's understanding of the concept of…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Higher Education, Social Mobility, Females
Welsh, Sally – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2020
This paper discusses a piece of qualitative research that explored the narratives of a group of mature women when they discussed influences on their post-16 educational decisions. This encompasses their initial vocational education and training (VET) and their choice to study higher education (HE) programmes in England. The research draws on Nancy…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Adult Students, Females, Reentry Students
Morrison, Andrew – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2010
Using data from in-depth individual interviews, this article discusses the educational experiences and ambitions of two young working-class full-time female students. The two studies are derived from a wider investigation into student post-16 educational experiences and decision-making, based on a sample of students and staff of an Advanced…
Descriptors: Working Class, Females, Educational Experience, Aspiration

Burke, Penny Jane – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2000
Interviews with 14 working-class women reentering education in Britain revealed common experiences of intimidation and inferiority. Although access programs aim to empower, their location in institutions based on racist, sexist, and classist traditions position such nontraditional students as illegitimate and inferior. (Contains 37 references.)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Females, Foreign Countries, Nontraditional Students