Perspectives on access to higher education : practice and research

Perspectives on access to higher education : practice and research / by Samantha Broadhead, Rosemarie Davies, Anthony Hudson.

Access education has been through many changes since its beginnings in the late 1960s. Recent shifts in the academic landscape including standardization, grading, and new tensions in higher education raise difficult questions for educators regarding the future of access education. This book critical...

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Main Authors: Broadhead, Samantha (Author), Davies, Rosemarie (Author), Hudson, Anthony (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley : Emerald Publishing, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Great debates in higher education.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges > Admission.
College attendance.
Educational equalization.
Minorities > Education (Higher)
Higher & further education, tertiary education.
EDUCATION > Higher.
College attendance
Educational equalization
Universities and colleges > Admission
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Perspectives on Access to Higher Education; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; About the Authors; Preface; Introduction; References; Chapter 1. Access to Higher Education: from Margin to Mainstream; 1.1. Chapter Introduction; 1.2. Access
  • A Radical Education?; 1.3. Aspects of Access That Can Be Perceived as Radical and Marginal; 1.4. Early Access Courses; 1.5. The Call for Access Courses; 1.6. Access: the Third Way to Higher Education; 1.7. 1987 White Paper; 1.8. National Recognition; 1.9. Discourses of Derision (1983-1986)
  • 1.10. Access, Widening Participation and Marketisation1.11. Chapter Conclusion; References; Chapter 2. Access to Higher Education: Monitoring and Standardisation; 2.1. Chapter Introduction; 2.2. Policy Context for Developing the Access to HE Diploma; 2.3. Role of the QAA in Developing, Supporting and Monitoring; 2.4. Role of the AVAs; 2.5. Grading; 2.5.1. Implementation of Grading; 2.5.2. Description of Current Grading Process; 2.6. Funding; 2.7. Impact of the Current Qualification on Access Pedagogy and Student Progression; 2.7.1. Grading and Teaching
  • 2.7.2. Valuing Skills Which Are Hard to Measure2.7.3. Impact of Grading on Student Progression; 2.7.4. QAA; 2.8. Chapter Conclusion; References; Chapter 3. Learning on a Bespoke Access Programme; 3.1. Chapter Introduction; 3.2. Development of the Programme; 3.3. Perceptions about Access Students; 3.4. Information Advice and Guidance; 3.5. Learning on the Course; 3.6. Student Voice; 3.7. Demographics of Access Students on the Programme; 3.8. Motivations of Access Students; 3.9. Approaches to Teaching and Assessment; 3.10. Chapter Conclusion; References
  • Chapter 4. The Trust between Access to Higher Education Students and Their Tutors: A Practitioner Research Project4.1. Introduction; 4.2. The Access to HE Diploma 2018; 4.3. The Practitioner's Story; 4.4. Rationale for the Project; 4.5. The Research Context: Access to HE Programmes Delivered by the Private Training Provider; 4.6. Method; 4.7. Findings; 4.8. Focus Group Findings; 4.9. Conclusion; References; Chapter 5. Accessing Postgraduate Education; 5.1. Chapter Introduction; 5.2. Widening Access to Postgraduate Study; 5.3. Current Thinking about Transition
  • 5.4. Access to Higher Education and Postgraduate Study5.5. What Do Mature Students Think about Their Postgraduate Education?; 5.5.1. Confidence and Self-doubt; 5.5.2. Diversity of Student Group; 5.5.3. Importance of Access to HE; 5.5.4. Identity as Artists; 5.6. Chapter Conclusion; References; Conclusions; What Is Access Education for?; Monitoring and Standardisation and Developmental Pedagogy; Working in a Liminal Space; Access Education within a Wider Context; Access Education: A Way Forward; References; Index

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