This literature review study aims to provide an overview of influencing factors of access to
and equity in higher education. In this way, the research offers insight into specific factors …

Despite efforts to widen participation, first-in-family students, as an equity group, remain
severely under-represented in higher education internationally. This book explores and …

I first met Campbell in the western suburbs of Sydney when he was 17 years old. He is of
Mauritian Chinese descent and described his local community as 'close to my heart', where …

This book takes a critical view of masculinities through an investigation of first-in-family
males transitioning to higher education. Drawing on six in-depth longitudinal case studies …

Theoretical enquiry and empirical studies demonstrate the significance of performance
management (PM) in the higher education sector and it is a fulcrum for developing a …

This paper asks whether Bourdieu's notion of symbolic violence is a helpful lens through
which to view student loan systems. Symbolic violence occurs when two unequal agents …

Widening higher education participation can deliver benefits to individuals, societies and
economies but rural populations experience factors which inhibit their aspiration for and …

This study investigates the role of social factors in the access to and equity in higher
education (HE) for students with a low socioeconomic status (SES) in Indonesia, from …

When attempting to use data to inform practice and policy, the availability, accuracy and
relevance of that data are paramount. This article maps the range of users interested in data …

Practitioners working to widen participation to universities in England are an increasingly
important and professionally diverse group but surprisingly absent from the academic …