Author: Pritchard, Linda
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN: 0335217737
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This guide enables adults to manage the transition to study by demystifying aspects of higher education with regard to course choice, modes of study, and what to expect. It aims to encourage mature students to acquire a range of skills, but also to develop the skills they already possess.
The Mature Student'S Guide To Higher Education
Author: Pritchard, Linda
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN: 0335217737
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This guide enables adults to manage the transition to study by demystifying aspects of higher education with regard to course choice, modes of study, and what to expect. It aims to encourage mature students to acquire a range of skills, but also to develop the skills they already possess.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN: 0335217737
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This guide enables adults to manage the transition to study by demystifying aspects of higher education with regard to course choice, modes of study, and what to expect. It aims to encourage mature students to acquire a range of skills, but also to develop the skills they already possess.
Access to Higher Education for Mature Students
Author: Open University
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adult education
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adult education
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Access to Higher Education for Mature Students
Author: Judith Bell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adult education
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adult education
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Access to Higher Education
Author: Oliver Fulton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Improving Opportunities to Engage in Learning
Author: Nalita James
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131737326X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Improving Opportunities to Engage in Learning investigates the experiences of mature adult learners returning to formal education. The book challenges the policy discourses in which Access to Higher Education survives by suggesting that continuing education is more about determination by students to alter their identities and career opportunities than meeting narrow performative criteria of financial targets. Chapters explore students’ struggles with institutional and social structures in the current political and socio-economic climate, before identifying how the transformation of their learner identities is facilitated in the courses by collaborative cultures and supportive tutors. The book addresses a research gap in knowledge about students’ and tutors’ experiences of Access to Higher Education courses, presenting a broad perspective on the importance and difficulties of such courses through listening to the voices of students and tutors undertaking a variety of Access to HE pathways. The authors argue that despite success on their courses benefiting the national economy as well as students individually, the social and financial costs of continuing education is almost entirely shifted onto students’ shoulders by policymakers. Despite the costs, students can still see Access to HE as a chance to improve their lives, reflecting the neoliberal discourse of personal responsibility and risk embedded in broader national social and policy discourses. Improving Opportunities to Engage in Learning will be of great interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of further and higher education, widening participation, social justice and sociology of education, and education policy and politics.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131737326X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Improving Opportunities to Engage in Learning investigates the experiences of mature adult learners returning to formal education. The book challenges the policy discourses in which Access to Higher Education survives by suggesting that continuing education is more about determination by students to alter their identities and career opportunities than meeting narrow performative criteria of financial targets. Chapters explore students’ struggles with institutional and social structures in the current political and socio-economic climate, before identifying how the transformation of their learner identities is facilitated in the courses by collaborative cultures and supportive tutors. The book addresses a research gap in knowledge about students’ and tutors’ experiences of Access to Higher Education courses, presenting a broad perspective on the importance and difficulties of such courses through listening to the voices of students and tutors undertaking a variety of Access to HE pathways. The authors argue that despite success on their courses benefiting the national economy as well as students individually, the social and financial costs of continuing education is almost entirely shifted onto students’ shoulders by policymakers. Despite the costs, students can still see Access to HE as a chance to improve their lives, reflecting the neoliberal discourse of personal responsibility and risk embedded in broader national social and policy discourses. Improving Opportunities to Engage in Learning will be of great interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of further and higher education, widening participation, social justice and sociology of education, and education policy and politics.
Mature-Age Male Students in Higher Education
Author: Madeleine Mattarozzi Laming
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030244784
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This book explores the unique set of challenges faced by mature-age male undergraduates as they adapt to university study. The authors examine the motivations of mature male students for enrolling in higher education and their aspirations for life after graduation, in doing so filling a crucial gap in the current literature. Later access to higher education carries numerous benefits, including improved social mobility: it is therefore paramount to understand why men tend to be underrepresented among mature students. Exploring the intersections of socioeconomic status, ethnicity, culture and gender, and paying careful attention to the stories of the students themselves, the authors provide a thought-provoking analysis of an underrepresented student group. The book will be of interest and value to students and scholars of mature-age male students, and aspirations and motivations within higher education more generally.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030244784
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This book explores the unique set of challenges faced by mature-age male undergraduates as they adapt to university study. The authors examine the motivations of mature male students for enrolling in higher education and their aspirations for life after graduation, in doing so filling a crucial gap in the current literature. Later access to higher education carries numerous benefits, including improved social mobility: it is therefore paramount to understand why men tend to be underrepresented among mature students. Exploring the intersections of socioeconomic status, ethnicity, culture and gender, and paying careful attention to the stories of the students themselves, the authors provide a thought-provoking analysis of an underrepresented student group. The book will be of interest and value to students and scholars of mature-age male students, and aspirations and motivations within higher education more generally.
Access by Mature Students to Higher Education
Author: Ralph Jordinson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780903647175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780903647175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
International Perspectives on the Irish Economy
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Adults in Higher Education
Author: Pat Davies
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Essays describe the policies and practices of European countries and Australia regarding adult access to higher education, questioning whether mature student participation has resulted in inequalities among different sections of the population, and whether adult students in higher education are likely to be there because of previous advantages. Other topics include admissions procedures, patterns of participation, alternative provision for adults, and funding. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Essays describe the policies and practices of European countries and Australia regarding adult access to higher education, questioning whether mature student participation has resulted in inequalities among different sections of the population, and whether adult students in higher education are likely to be there because of previous advantages. Other topics include admissions procedures, patterns of participation, alternative provision for adults, and funding. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Perspectives on Access to Higher Education
Author: Samantha Broadhead
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1787569934
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
This book brings together researchers and practitioners to critically reflect upon the current diversity of Access to Higher Education programmes and their different perspectives on widening participation and access education.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1787569934
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
This book brings together researchers and practitioners to critically reflect upon the current diversity of Access to Higher Education programmes and their different perspectives on widening participation and access education.