Social class and HE

Paired peers project
1. Overview of findings
2. What can be done to reduce the difference
impact of attainment prior to entering HE
1. Reading levels
2. Writing levels
3. Secondary/college educational environment
4. Private tutoring/mentoring
5. Home environment
  1. Parental support
  2. Housing contidtions
Working while studying
1. living costs
  1. social life - culture of going out while at university
  2. Essential items - food clothing
  3. Housing costs
    1. Housing environment
    2. facilities - study space etc
    3. Utilities: Heating / electricity / internet
      1. Impact on health
2. Reduced independent study time
  1. Fall behind on reading
  2. Less time to complete assignments
3. Prioritising work over lectures/seminars
  1. Missed opportunities to engage with peers and academics
Family background
1. Ethnicity
  1. cultural expectations
2. Expectation to follow the family business
  1. Limited options
3. Expectation to go to the same university
4. Old School Tie network
Peers
1. Background
2. Do they have the same pressures that

Resource summary

	Created by Jeff Wall about 10 years ago