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Using the lens of 'possible selves' to explore access to higher education: A new conceptual model for practice, policy, and research (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 by the authors. The concept of 'aspiration-raising' has been ubiquitous in the discussion of differential rates of participation in higher education in England for many years. Potential students from disadvantaged backgrounds are constructed a... Read More about Using the lens of 'possible selves' to explore access to higher education: A new conceptual model for practice, policy, and research.

Students-as-insurers: rethinking ‘risk’ for disadvantaged young people considering higher education in England (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The conventional view since the early 2000s has been that participation in higher education (HE) is a risky pathway for disadvantaged young people in England; the social risk of entering... Read More about Students-as-insurers: rethinking ‘risk’ for disadvantaged young people considering higher education in England.

Challenging discourses of aspiration: The role of expectations and attainment in access to higher education (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 British Educational Research Association Raising the proportion of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds progressing to higher education has been a key policy objective for successive governments in the UK since the late 1990s. Often thi... Read More about Challenging discourses of aspiration: The role of expectations and attainment in access to higher education.

Access, participation and capabilities: Theorising the contribution of university bursaries to students’ well-being, flourishing and success (2018)
Journal Article

For the last 10 years, universities in England have been expected to offer financial support to low-income students alongside that provided by government. These bursaries were initially conceived in terms of improving access for under-represented gro... Read More about Access, participation and capabilities: Theorising the contribution of university bursaries to students’ well-being, flourishing and success.