This book focuses on the voices and experiences of non-traditional students in European higher education. It examines the impact that access to higher education is having on these students lives and discusses what this tells us about European education and society. In particular, it explores the multi-dimensional nature of inequality in varied national contexts focusing on the issues of class, gender, ethnicity, age and disability. The book contributes to the on-going debate about the changing nature of European higher education and argues that research based on the experiences of...
This book focuses on the voices and experiences of non-traditional students in European higher education. It examines the impact that access to hig...
This book explores the access and participation issues present within Higher Education in Ireland. It examines policy, pedagogy and practices in relation to widening participation and documents the progress and challenges encountered in furthering the 'access agenda' over the past two decades. Access has become an integral part of how Higher Education understands itself and how it explains the value of what it does for society as a whole. Improving access to education strengthens social cohesion, lessens inequality, guarantees the future vitality of tertiary institutions and ensures economic...
This book explores the access and participation issues present within Higher Education in Ireland. It examines policy, pedagogy and practices in relat...
This book focuses on the voices and experiences of non-traditional students in European higher education. It examines the impact that access to higher education is having on these students lives and discusses what this tells us about European education and society. In particular, it explores the multi-dimensional nature of inequality in varied national contexts focusing on the issues of class, gender, ethnicity, age and disability. The book contributes to the on-going debate about the changing nature of European higher education and argues that research based on the experiences of...
This book focuses on the voices and experiences of non-traditional students in European higher education. It examines the impact that access to hig...
This edited collection critically explores the funding arrangements governing contemporary community development and how they shape its theory and practice.
This edited collection critically explores the funding arrangements governing contemporary community development and how they shape its theory and pra...