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Direct linkBassett, Andrew M.; Brosnan, Caragh; Southgate, Erica; Lempp, Heidi – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2019
This study explored the perspectives of medical students from first-in-family (FiF) university backgrounds. Semi-structured interviews focused on steps into, and experiences of medical education, and effects of student identity on social networks. Twenty FiF medical students from one English medical school took part in qualitative interviews. Data…
Descriptors: Medical Students, First Generation College Students, Foreign Countries, Paying for College
Greenbank, Paul – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2009
The evidence suggests that working-class students are disadvantaged in the graduate labour market. This article focuses on the extent to which students from working-class backgrounds are disadvantaged in the career decision-making process because of their lack of social capital. The study is based on in-depth interviews with 30 final-year…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Career Choice, Working Class, Disadvantaged
