Valuing Diversity and Widening Participation: The Experiences of Access to Social Work Students in Further and Higher Education

Jones, Karen

Abstract

Social work is one of the success stories of Access to Higher Education. University departments of social work along with nursing and the allied health professions recruit more Access students than any other area of study. This paper explores the experiences of Access students prior to and during their participation on a higher education social work programme in the light of the government's widening participation agenda and the introduction of the new degree in social work.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2006
• Journal: Social Work Education
• Print ISSN: 0261-5479
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 485-500
• Keywords: Access; Participation; Emancipation; Disadvantage; Equality; Resilience; Change; Support
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1037427
• Publisher URL: http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=4F8EBC0457488A46CB6C