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Graduate Survey 1983
Judgement on learning conditions in Dortmund as well as satisfaction with studies. Information on transfer into professional life.
Topics: type of entitlement to university admission; vocational training; social origins; earlier desired studies; place of residence before start of course of studies; reasons for choosing Dortmund as city in which to study (scale); financing...
School choice and local place: Parental perceptions and the impact of race, ethnicity and class.
This research examines the question of parental choice of secondary schools in Manchester and Stockport. In particular, it will explore the extent to which parents are seeking schools with specific ethnic and class populations ('people like us').
The project investigates the way in which schools are intimately connected to local spaces and the ways in which parents...
The role of celebrity in young people's classed and gendered aspirations
Interview and focus groups transcripts, school summaries and participants overview in six 11-19 co-educational comprehensive schools. This youth-centred study combines individual and group interviews with online forums and celebrity case studies and involves 144 young people in six English comprehensive schools. At the start of the school year, 24 participants per school,...
The socio-cultural and learning experiences of working class students in Higher Education.
This is a 28 month project funded by the ESRC and is part of the Teaching and Learning Research Programme. The aims of the research are to: compare and contrast the social and cultural experiences of working class students in different types of universities; explore the extent to which these experiences are gendered and if appropriate ‘raced’; discern the impact of the...
Ranking of West German Universities and Colleges
Judgement on learning conditions from the students´ perspective.
Topics: Over-crowded and canceled courses; free choice of instructors
and examiners; possibility of personal counceling by instructors;
judgement on professors´ preparation for their courses; possibility of
advance or follow-up work for courses during semester breaks;
explanation of exam results and homework...
Diversity and the white working class focus group data
Four focus groups of 15 individuals each were conducted in greater London and Birmingham in adjacent locales, one diverse, one more homogeneous. Locations were Croydon and Bromley in Greater London, and Lozells and Sutton Coldfield in Greater Birmingham. Participants were paid £30 apiece for their time and recruited by a Recruitment company.
Respondents were asked about...