Working class female students' experiences of higher education identities, choices and emotions /

This book explores the experiences of working-class women undergraduates at three universities in the North of England. The author examines the womens identities, choices and emotions in relation to higher education; and how they reframe their constrained university choices to maximise their chances...

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Main Author: Shields, Sam (Lecturer in Education)
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Cham, Switzerland : [2021]
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
Series: Palgrave studies in gender and education.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Womens university education: history and policy
  • Chapter 3. The Study
  • Chapter 4. Deciding to go to university
  • Chapter 5. Learner identities
  • Chapter 6. Balancing Acts
  • Chapter 7. Stepping stones
  • Chapter 8. Conclusion.