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Rethinking widening participation in higher education [electronic resource] : the role of social networks / edited by Alison Fuller, Sue Heath and Brenda Johnston.

Contributor(s): Fuller, Alison, 1957- | Heath, Sue, 1964- | Johnston, Brenda.
Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2011Edition: 1st ed.Description: 1 online resource (x, 164 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780203817056 (ebk : PDF).Subject(s): Education, HigherGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No title; No title; No title; No titleDDC classification: 378 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; Also available in print edition.
Contents:
1. Introduction / Sue Heath, Alison Fuller and Brenda Johnston -- 2. Making sense of complex social network data / Brenda Johnston -- 3. Moving on up? : exploring narratives of educational progression / Sue Heath -- 4. The impact of school experience on progression decisions / Felix Maringe ... [et al.] -- 5. The relevance of social capital to understanding decision-making in networks / Alison Fuller -- 6. Career and education decision-making of non-participants and their networks / Ros Foskett -- 7. The extent to which higher education is conceived as 'within the bounds of the possible' / Martin Dyke -- 8. Policy, practice and the 'new widening participation' : perspectives and implications / Nick Foskett -- 9. Conclusion / Alison Fuller, Sue Heath and Brenda Johnston.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [150]-159) and index.

1. Introduction / Sue Heath, Alison Fuller and Brenda Johnston -- 2. Making sense of complex social network data / Brenda Johnston -- 3. Moving on up? : exploring narratives of educational progression / Sue Heath -- 4. The impact of school experience on progression decisions / Felix Maringe ... [et al.] -- 5. The relevance of social capital to understanding decision-making in networks / Alison Fuller -- 6. Career and education decision-making of non-participants and their networks / Ros Foskett -- 7. The extent to which higher education is conceived as 'within the bounds of the possible' / Martin Dyke -- 8. Policy, practice and the 'new widening participation' : perspectives and implications / Nick Foskett -- 9. Conclusion / Alison Fuller, Sue Heath and Brenda Johnston.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.