scholarly journals Beyond aspirations: deploying the capability approach to tackle the under-representation in higher education of young people from deprived communities

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie Anne Campbell ◽  
John H. McKendrick
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Capability Approach ◽  
The Capability Approach

scholarly journals Analysing participatory video through the capability approach – A case study in Quart de Poblet (Valencia, Spain)

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 282-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandra Boni ◽  
Aurora López-Fogués ◽  
Gynna Millán ◽  
Sergio Belda-Miquel
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Young People ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Capability Approach ◽  
Participatory Process ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Participatory Video ◽  
The Capability Approach

The aim of this paper is to analyse participatory video as a participatory action research method through the lenses of the capability approach. In order to do this, we used a participatory video experience that took place in the municipality of Quart de Poblet (Valencia, Spain) from February to March 2014. The participants were 11 young people between 16 and 24 years of age, severely affected by the economic crisis that has hit Spain in recent years. To develop our analysis, we introduced the participatory video as a technique and a process within the participatory action research methods. Then, we analysed the participatory process to verify the extent to which it had contributed to expanding the capabilities and agency of the participants. The evidence revealed a significant expansion of the awareness capability and, in some cases, of the capability for voice. In contrast, the capability to aspire and the agency of the participants were not expanded, due to contextual factors and the limitations of the process itself.

A Case of Capability Expansion or Capability Reduction? An Exploration of Loan Recipients’ Views of ICETEX: Colombia’s Higher Education Student Loans Institute

2020 ◽  
pp. 153819272092007
Author(s):  
Lee Mackenzie
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Capability Approach ◽  
Student Loans ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Conversion Factors ◽  
The Capability Approach

A government-established student loans institute known as Instituto Colombiano de Credito Educativo y Estudios Tecnicos en el Exterior (ICETEX) has been instrumental in improving access to higher education in Colombia. This article uses the capability approach to analyze the ways in which ICETEX has contributed to loan recipients’ well-being and identify which capabilities loan recipients have reason to value. Evidence from qualitative interviews with eight participants reveals that, due to an intersecting set of conversion factors and capabilities, ICETEX both enables and constrains participants’ capabilities.

scholarly journals Comparative Study on Capacity Building for Academic Staff in Internationalisation of Higher Education in Vietnam and Australia

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diep Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Capability Approach ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Institutional Conditions ◽  
Individual Agency ◽  
Internationalisation Of Higher Education ◽  
Active Individual ◽  
The Capability Approach

Academics are seen as primary agents in the enactment of higher education internationalisation. However, the achievements of internationalisation are claimed to be constrained by the lack of academics’ involvement and expertise. This research, therefore, compares the policies and practices of capacity building for academics in internationalisation between Australian and Vietnamese universities. More specifically, this research seeks to unpack ideologies and understandings of internationalisation, institutional arrangements of capacity building for academics in internationalisation, and academics’ individual agency in engaging and building their capacity for internationalisation. Using the Capability Approach as a theoretical framework (Sen, 1992, 1999), the research argues that academics’ participation in internationalisation is determined by social and institutional conditions, combined with their individual aspirations and active roles in creating internationalisation and professional development opportunities. This suggests the significance of an enabling structure and active individual agency in expanding academics’ capabilities for successful participation in internationalisation.

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