In introducing the special issue on students' transition into higher education, we emphasise
the importance of expanding our understanding of students' enculturation in higher …

Many people have contributed to the development and writing of this book. There are a few
whom I wish to thank particularly. Carolyn Jackson, Monica McLean, Keith Trigwell, Murray …

There are two key questions at the heart of the ongoing debate about education and training
for all young people, irrespective of background, ability or attainment: What counts as an …

This article investigates the dynamic transitions that college leavers make to university. It
draws on qualitative research with a group of students who took direct entry to the second or …

New Zealand's literacy strategy seeks to translate into reality the broad policy goals of
equipping all New Zealanders with the knowledge, skills and values to be successful …

As part of my doctoral research into the impact of retention strategies on part-time, mature
undergraduates in English higher education (HE), this paper interrogates the discourse …

This paper examines changing policy orientations to widening participation through college-
based higher education in England. After more than 30 years of increasing and diversifying …

Arguing for an understanding of belonging in higher education as relational, complex and
negotiated, particularly in reference to non-traditional students, Rethinking Student …

This article analyses the expansion of higher education offered by technical and further
education institutes in Australia and it compares this provision with the expansion of higher …

England has a two‐sector system of higher education and further education. Shaped by
legislation in 1988 and 1992, the architecture of this system was intended to concentrate …