Hinton, DF
(2010)
'Geographies of Higher Education in Wales: Mobilites, Choices and Experiences of Welsh Students'.
PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
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| Additional Information: | Developing the work of Bourdieu (1977, 1990) and Cresswell (2006), this thesis examines the relationship between student mobilities and the strategic accumulation of cultural capital in the Welsh HE context. While existing literature highlights clear differences in the university �choices� of young people, I argue that spatial strategies for HE play an important, but often overlooked, role in the (re)production of classed and gendered position in the university. An online survey, biographical interviews and focus groups with prospective and current undergraduate students are used to explore normative representations and individual interpretations of mobility in the HE choices, university experiences and future career plans of young people in Wales. It is my contention that students� spatial strategies do not simply reflect a desire to access the �best� opportunities (whether those are in education or employment); rather it is the socio-cultural meanings implicit within this movement, which make certain mobilities more valuable and, therefore, more desirable than others. In this sense, I maintain that university participation is not solely about the acquisition of academic credentials. Rather, as I shall argue throughout this thesis, it is the manner in which academic credentials are acquired which matters. Consequently, I contend that student mobilities constitute an important cultural resource in the reproduction of social privilege. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | higher education, student, mobility, choice, university, experience |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 16 May 2024 20:20 |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 21:58 |
| DOI: | 10.17638/03181647 |
| Copyright Statement: | Copyright © and Moral Rights for this thesis and any accompanying data (where applicable) are retained by the author and/or other copyright owners. A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. |
| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3181647 |
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