This paper offers a response to a recent article where the authors argue cultural capital is
the only determinant of the propensity of young people to seek to enter higher education …

This article responds to criticisms, put forward by Harrison and Waller in this issue, of an
earlier paper by Noble and Davies. In particular, we argue that our interpretation of earlier …

Cultural capital is frequently referred to as a construct in the analysis of inequality in higher
education. It has been suggested that variations in cultural capital contribute to social class …

The recent report of the Milburn Review into Social Mobility highlights the under-
representation of young people from lower socio-economic groups in higher education and …

Higher education has the capacity to alter the life course of students. Cultural and social
capital are central to educational opportunity and successful outcomes (Bourdieu, 1986. The …

This chapter highlights a minority ethnic family's motivation for upward social mobility by
encouraging their children to progress to higher education and to high status careers. The …

Project, based at the University of North London. Findings are identified for the following
issues, and implications outlined:• Encouraging working class groups to choose to go to …

In the global phenomenon of widening participation policy in higher education, lower
retention rates for students from less advantaged socio-economic circumstances have …

Over recent years, sociologists of education have paid increasing attention to the higher
education sector. They have highlighted the ways in which, despite the significant expansion …

Bathmaker, N. Ingram, J. Abrahams, A. Hoare, R. Waller and H. Bradley. The book offers a
timely analysis of the experiences of undergraduate students in order to assess how higher …