Tutkimuksessa selvitettiin korkeakoulutuksen sosiaalista, alueellista, kielellistä ja
sukupuolten tasa-arvoa ja saavutettavuutta Suomessa, ja verrattiin sitä muihin OECD-ja EU …

This paper draws on research conducted in four publicly funded secondary schools in the
South-East of England that explored the higher education decision-making of prospective …

In the UK's stratified HE system the question of who is able to access the most selective and
prestigious universities is fraught with issues of fairness. This paper explores how decision …

This paper draws on research conducted in four state schools with sixth forms to
problematise two flagship 'disadvantage'policy agendas in the English context: the Pupil …

This study ascertained social, regional, linguistic and gender equality within and having
access to higher education (HE) in Finland and compared the findings to other OECD and …

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption to the educational experiences
of young people and to educational institutions. This article will examine the opportunities …

This paper explores how highly selective universities in England have responded to the
Office for Students' call to make faster progress on widening access by'rethinking how merit …

This study is motivated by the following question: when practitioners engage in the project of
'widening participation'(WP), what are they hoping to do? Due to both its grounding in …

Contextualised admission (CA) to higher education (HE) is a policy attempt to reduce the
stratification of student intakes, in widespread use internationally. This study examined …

Following on from the previous chapter, this chapter reviews social psychological and
sociological work that has sought to unpick how culturally shared ideology produces classed …