Trust is considered to be a crucial element of social cohesion. At the same time, as research
has shown, education can be understood as an important precondition of trust. Furthermore …

Raising the proportion of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds progressing to
higher education has been a key policy objective for successive governments in the UK …

The concept of 'aspiration-raising'has been ubiquitous in the discussion of differential rates
of participation in higher education in England for many years. Potential students from …

In the United Kingdom, a “good” undergraduate degree is understood to be a “first class” or
an “upper second class,” which is achieved by three-quarters of students. The need to …

Despite efforts to widen participation, first-in-family students, as an equity group, remain
severely under-represented in higher education internationally. This book explores and …

Brand orientation and service quality have been recognized as having a positive impact on
organizational performance in both for-profit and nonprofit sectors. With the ever-increasing …

Since the 1970s, schools in Ireland have offered an optional programme known as
'Transition Year'midway through secondary education, when students are typically 15 years …

Universities have increasingly adopted “first-generation status” as a new category for
addressing equity in higher education, especially in the UK and Australia. This category …

Practitioners are being placed under increasing pressure to evaluate the success of their
outreach activities, both by government and by their own universities. Based in a reductionist …

A Swedish municipality that has transformed its position at the bottom of the national school
league tables to top within three years–through inclusive education–has attracted much …