‘How are we going to do it?’ An exploration of the barriers to access to higher education amongst young people from disadvantaged communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Scanlon ◽  
Hilary Jenkinson ◽  
Pat Leahy ◽  
Fred Powell ◽  
Olive Byrne
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
Barriers To Access

Student Lives in Crisis

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenza Antonucci
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
General Trend ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Student Debt ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Family Resources ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Family State

With rising levels of student debt and precarity, young people’s lives in university are not always smooth. Lorenza Antonucci has travelled across England, Italy and Sweden to understand how inequality is reproduced through university. This book provides a compelling narrative of what it means to be in university in Europe in the 21st century, not only in terms of education, but also in terms of finances, housing and well-being. Furthermore, this book shows how inequality is reproduced during university by how young people from different social classes combine family, state and labour market sources. The book identifies different profiles of young people’s experiences in university, from ‘Struggling and hopeless’ to ‘Having a great time’. Furthermore, the book discusses how the ‘welfare mixes’ present in the three countries determine different types of semi-dependence, and reinforce inequalities. The book identifies a general trend of privatisation of student support in higher education, which pushes young people to participate in the labour market and over-rely on family resources in order to sustain their participation in university. Not only does this protract young people’s semi-dependence, but it also increases inequality among different groups of young people. In addition to the current policy focus on access to higher education, and transitions to the labour market, the book calls for a greater attention on the policies that can change young people’s lives while in university.

BARRIERS TO ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION FOR PERSONS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
A. Stambekova ◽  
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M. Shmidt ◽  
G. Yerzhanova ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Equal Access ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
University Admission ◽  
Barriers To Access ◽  
The Republic

The article is devoted to the problem of equal access of persons with disabilities to higher education. The problem of eliminating discrimination against the rights of persons with disabilities is relevant for the whole world, including for the Republic of Kazakhstan. The purpose of the study is to identify barriers to admission to higher education institutions for applicants with disabilities, as well as to identify possible ways to overcome and eliminate them. The methods of mixed research were used: qualitative and quantitative. The study involved 120 students of grades 10-11 of schools in the Almaty region with disabilities. The results of the survey revealed barriers to university admission. A model for overcoming barriers to university admission for people with disabilities is proposed, which will increase the level of accessibility of higher education.

scholarly journals RETHINKING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION: SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 74-79
Author(s):  
M.K. Shnarbekova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Income Level ◽  
Equal Access ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Sociological Analysis ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions

Higher education is defined as a factor of social mobility - with equal access and as a factor of differentiation fixation - in the absence of such equality. In general, Kazakhstan has the resources to provide access to higher education for all categories of young people, regardless of income level: there is the rise of higher educational institutions, including private ones. Each year, number of educational grants

scholarly journals Aspirations for Higher Education: Evidence from Youth Living in Kenneth Gardens Municipal Housing Estate (Durban)

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ndwakhulu Stephen Tshishonga ◽  
Zethembe Mseleku
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Young People ◽  
Career Guidance ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
National Development ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Poor Access ◽  
Entry Requirements

This paper explores the obstacles that prevent young people from accessing higher education. Inadequate and unequal access to higher education internationally and in South Africa, in particular, has undermined young people’s potential to contribute to national development. In South Africa, limited access to higher education for the majority remains a major problem. Hence, young people are underdeveloped socially, economically and academically. Thus, lack of educational opportunities relegates young people to the periphery of the mainstream socio-economic development. This paper uses Kenneth Gardens as a case study to interrogate a lack of access to higher education and its implications for youth vulnerability and non-participation in their own development. The research was qualitative in nature. The imperial data were solicited from semi-structured interviews with Kenneth Gardens youth. In addition, participant observation was used as a research instrument. The major findings from the research were the lack of aspirations as one of the major obstacles that hinder youth from accessing higher education, and the research also found that lack of funding, lack of awareness and inability to meet the minimum university entry requirements were underlying factors. Additionally, a lack of career guidance in schools and unemployed graduates were found to be fundamental for poor access to higher education.

scholarly journals Russian Freshmen Future Profession Choice in the Conditions of Digitalization: New Challenges of Labour Markets

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Grunt ◽  
Sabina Lissitsa ◽  
Ekaterina Lebedkina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Prestige

The prestige and values of higher education are traditionally high in Russia and overseas countries. For several generations, there has been a youth orientation towards higher education. Higher education and diplomas are perceived by a person primarily as a means of social mobility. Profession sets a certain “social background” for people’s life. At the same time, however, over the past few decades the assessment of the prestige associated with certain professions and specialties has dramatically changed and the labor market has changed, too. The the desire for higher education among young people continues to grow in Russia. Today’s students, future specialists, face new challenges of the labor market: firstly, availability of desired and demanded professions acquisition on the labor market; secondly, disappearance of old and the emergence of new professions; thirdly, digitalization of the labor market; fourthly, the formation of specialist competencies that are in demand both on the local and global labor markets. The major research objectives were to study the issues of students’ profession choice and their opinion on the demanded / non-demanded professions on modern labor market. The research methodology combines both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The primary data was collected using questionnaires and indepth-interviews. 250 freshmen of the Ural Federal University and 250 freshmen of Saint-Petersburg State University were questioned on the basis of quota sampling. In depth-interviews (15) were organized for the educators engaged in the system of higher education. The study has revealed the issue of inequality in access to higher education as well as of inequality in access to getting prestigious and demanded professions on labor market.The majority of the respondents look for occupation suited to abilities and to their own interests. For young people the main thing is that the profession should not only make profit, but also a career progress and give new professional knowledge. The research has fixed that the majority of the students believe that they have made the right choice of specialty and they are well aware of how their future professional activity will be. About 30.0% of young people do not often choose those professions that they would like to be trained at the university, but those that are possible due to their “accessibility”. The students’ professional choice does not correspond to their ideas about their future profession and their psychological characteristics. Keywords: Higher education, students, freshmen, Russia, labor market, future profession choice, digitalization

scholarly journals Great Expectations, Uncertain Futures. Urban and Online Encounters with Youth, Love and Marriage in Egypt

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senni Jyrkiäinen ◽  
Victoria Bisset
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Great Expectations ◽  
Life Event ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Social Instability ◽  
The Way

For young Egyptians, the economic and social instability of recent years has led to a prolonged period of youth with marriage, a key life event, now occurring later in life. Although social media and greater access to higher education have created more opportunities for unmarried men and women to meet, and have at least in principle paved the way for young people to marry for love, in practice, issues such as a lack of financial means and the pressure for women to marry soon after graduation mean that such marriages remain the exception rather than the norm.

scholarly journals Young People Transitioning from Out-of-home Care and Access to Higher Education: A Critical Review of the Literature

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 243-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Mendes ◽  
Dee Michell ◽  
Jacqueline Z. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
Care Leavers

Young people transitioning from out-of-home care are known to have poor educational outcomes compared to their non-care peers. Yet little is known about the experiences or needs of the small numbers of Australian care leavers who enter higher education. This article critically examines existing Australian and international research on the access of care leavers to higher education. A group of pre-care, in-care, transition from care and post-care factors are identified as either hindering or assisting care leavers to maximise their educational opportunities. Some specific policy and practice reforms are recommended to enhance opportunities for Australian care leavers to participate in and complete higher education.

Formacja prawnika wyzwaniem czasów

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-286
Author(s):  
Stanisław Leszek Stadniczeńko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Young People ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
New Vision ◽  
Political Disputes

The author considers the questions relating to the formation of lawyers’ professional traits from the point of view of the significance which human capital and investment in this capital hold in contemporary times. It follows from the analyses, which were carried out, that the dire need for taking up actions with the aim to shape lawyers appears one of the most vital tasks. This requires taking into account visible trends in the changing job market. Another aspect results from the need for multilevel qualifications and conditions behind lawyers’ actions and their decisions. Thus, colleges of higher education which educate prospective lawyers, as well as lawyers’ corporations, are confronted by challenges of forming, in young people, features that are indispensable for them to be valuable lawyers and not only executors of simple activities. The author points to the fact that lawyers need shaping because, among others, during their whole social lives and realization of professional tasks their personality traits and potential related to communication will constantly manifest through accepting and following or rejecting and opposing values, principles, reflexions, empathy, sensitivity, the farthest-fetched imagination, objectivism, cooperation, dialogue, distancing themselves from political disputes, etc. Students of the art of law should be characterized by a changed mentality, new vision of law – service to man, and realization of standards of law, as well as perception of the importance of knowledge, skills, attitudes and competences.

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