Category: Inequalities

Estranged students in higher education: Policy thoughts in context

by Cristina Costa | Editor's Choice, Inequalities, Latest Posts, Policy | 0

On 18th Sept. 2019 we were invited to introduce our research as part of an event organised by UK...

Whose involvement has capital? The application of Bourdieu’s thinking tools for the study of parental involvement.

by Max Antony-Newman | Bourdieu, Inequalities, Latest Posts | 3

All parents want the best education for their children (Vincent 2017), but not all parental actions are created equal (Lareau 2015). One of the explanations of this phenomenon provided in the literature has been the fact that...

Accessing the experiences of ‘estranged’ students

by Cristina Costa | Inequalities, Latest Posts | 0

Since January 2018, we have been exploring the experiences of ‘Estranged Students’ in Higher...

Bourdieu and Reflexivity: opportunities through the habitus clivé?

by Ciaran Burke | Bourdieu, Habitus, Inequalities, Latest Posts, Self and Identity, Social Justice, Theory | 0

I was recently asked to present as part of a master class on Bourdieu and Higher Education...

Automation and the end of work … again

by Mark Murphy | Inequalities | 0

These has been so much recent chatter about automation and its precarious effects on the labour...

Academia’s Wives

by Yvette Taylor | Inequalities, Pedagogy & Curriculum, Social Justice | 0

At this year’s Edinburgh Festival, I went to see Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy read from her The...

The Aspirations and Decisions of Young People from the South Wales Valleys

by Siôn Llewelyn Jones | BERA 2016, Bourdieu, Inequalities | 0

[This is a blog post based on a forthcoming presentation at the British Education Research...

Inequalities, soft practices and access to Scottish higher education

by Joan Forbes and Elspeth McCartney | Bourdieu, Culture, Inequalities | 0

By Joan Forbes and Elspeth McCartney Inequalities of access to higher education: The role of...

Engaging with student resistance in school

by Jennifer Farrar | Culture, Inequalities, Knowledge, Latest Posts, Pedagogy & Curriculum | 0

Review of: Eric Toshalis (2015) Make Me! Understanding and Engaging Student Resistance in School,...

Conceptualizing Habitus and Aspiration

by Garth Stahl | Bourdieu, Habitus, Inequalities, Latest Posts, Self and Identity | 0

I use habitus to examine the constitution of learner identities in neoliberal times with a focus on the nexus of working-class aspirations, symbolic violence and constituting value. In his investigation of the relationship...