Transitions from Vocational Qualifications to Higher Education: Examining Inequalities

by Pallavi Amitava Banerjee, Debra Myhill

Overview

Very few students with vocational qualifications progress into the world of Higher Education. Many drop out of education altogether and take up entry level jobs with decreased financial prospects. This trend is worrying as the lack of students with vocational backgrounds applying to Universityacts as a barrier to social mobility.
This book, informed by the research findings from Transforming Transitions - a collaborative project involving further education colleges, sixth form centres and Universityies - addresses key concerns such as the background of those with vocational qualifications, the success of these students at university and any issues they may encounter in higher education. By analysing national datasets and conducting interviews with students and tutors across sixth form colleges and Universityies, this important text discusses the socio-economic benefits gained from the vocational provision and transition to higher education.
By highlighting the need to develop inclusive pedagogies and proposing practical recommendations, this book will prove to be an invaluable resource for Educational leaders, researchers and practitioners in higher education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787569966
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date:	10/07/2019
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x (d)

About the Author

Pallavi Amitava Banerjee is a Senior Lecturer in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Exeter, UK. She researches social inequalities of access to higher status universities, and on patterns and processes of progression across the student life cycle and social mobility across multiple generations.  
Debra Myhill is Professor of Education at the University of Exeter, UK, and is the Director of the Centre for Research in Writing. Her research focuses on social disadvantage and how literacy can empower and enable both social and academic success.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction; Dan Herbert  
Chapter 2. Vocational qualifications, university access and widening participation: setting the context; Debra Myhill and Sharon Morgan  
Chapter 3. Statistical analysis of national datasets: Exploring demographics, access and progression of students in higher education from vocational entry routes; Pallavi Amitava Banerjee 
Chapter 4. Ways of learning: Student voices on learning experiences across the transition; Debra Myhill and Sara Venner 
Chapter 5. Assessment practices: Student voices on their experiences of assessment across the transition; Debra Myhill and Rebecca Morris 
Chapter 6. Students' voiced experiences of social transitions: Facilitating a sense of belonging; Helen Mackenzie and Rebecca Morris 
Chapter 7. Lecturer perspectives on entry qualifications and how they affect student progress; Helen Lawson 
Chapter 8. Recommendations for policy and practice; Helen Lawson 
Chapter 9. Conclusions; Mital Kinderkhedia