Transitions from Vocational Qualifications to Higher Education
Examining Inequalities
Published on 7. October 2019
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-1-78756-996-6 (ISBN)
Description
Very few students with vocational qualifications progress into the world of Higher Education. Many drop out of education altogether and take up entry level jobs with decreased financial prospects. This trend is worrying as the lack of students with vocational backgrounds applying to University acts as a barrier to social mobility.This book, informed by the research findings from Transforming Transitions - a collaborative project involving further education colleges, sixth form centres and Universities - addresses key concerns such as the background of those with vocational qualifications, the success of these students at university and any issues they may encounter in higher education. By analysing national datasets and conducting interviews with students and tutors across sixth form colleges and Universities, this important text discusses the socio-economic benefits gained from the vocational provision and transition to higher education.
By highlighting the need to develop inclusive pedagogies and proposing practical recommendations, this book will prove to be an invaluable resource for Educational leaders, researchers and practitioners in higher education.
By highlighting the need to develop inclusive pedagogies and proposing practical recommendations, this book will prove to be an invaluable resource for Educational leaders, researchers and practitioners in higher education.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bingley
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
415 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78756-996-6 (9781787569966)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Pallavi Amitava Banerjee | Debra Myhill
Transitions from Vocational Qualifications to Higher Education
Examining Inequalities
E-Book
10/2019
Emerald Publishing Limited
€91.49
Available for download
Persons
Pallavi Amitava Banerjee is a Senior Lecturer in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Exeter, UK. She researches social inequalities of access to higher status universities, and on patterns and processes of progression across the student life cycle and social mobility across multiple generations. Debra Myhill is Professor of Education at the University of Exeter, UK, and is the Director of the Centre for Research in Writing. Her research focuses on social disadvantage and how literacy can empower and enable both social and academic success.
Content
Chapter 1. Introduction; Dan Herbert Chapter 2. Vocational qualifications, university access and widening participation: setting the context; Debra Myhill and Sharon Morgan
Chapter 3. Statistical analysis of national datasets: Exploring demographics, access and progression of students in higher education from vocational entry routes; Pallavi Amitava Banerjee
Chapter 4. Ways of learning: Student voices on learning experiences across the transition; Debra Myhill and Sara Venner
Chapter 5. Assessment practices: Student voices on their experiences of assessment across the transition; Debra Myhill and Rebecca Morris
Chapter 6. Students' voiced experiences of social transitions: Facilitating a sense of belonging; Helen Mackenzie and Rebecca Morris
Chapter 7. Lecturer perspectives on entry qualifications and how they affect student progress; Helen Lawson
Chapter 8. Recommendations for policy and practice; Helen Lawson
Chapter 9. Conclusions; Mital Kinderkhedia
Chapter 3. Statistical analysis of national datasets: Exploring demographics, access and progression of students in higher education from vocational entry routes; Pallavi Amitava Banerjee
Chapter 4. Ways of learning: Student voices on learning experiences across the transition; Debra Myhill and Sara Venner
Chapter 5. Assessment practices: Student voices on their experiences of assessment across the transition; Debra Myhill and Rebecca Morris
Chapter 6. Students' voiced experiences of social transitions: Facilitating a sense of belonging; Helen Mackenzie and Rebecca Morris
Chapter 7. Lecturer perspectives on entry qualifications and how they affect student progress; Helen Lawson
Chapter 8. Recommendations for policy and practice; Helen Lawson
Chapter 9. Conclusions; Mital Kinderkhedia