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Direct linkAvis, James; Orr, Kevin – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2016
The paper draws on the Wolf (2015) report ("Heading for the Precipice: Can Further and Higher Education Funding Policies Be Sustained?") and other quantitative data, specifically that derived from HEFCE's Participation of Local Area (POLAR) classifications. In addition it explores key literature and debates that associate higher…
Descriptors: Social Class, Social Justice, Higher Education, Continuing Education
Avis, James – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2007
The paper addresses a number of issues concerning policy and curriculum in post-compulsory education and training (PCET). Firstly, it seeks to locate PCET within its socio-economic context as it is this that frames curricula within the learning and skills sector and serves to legitimate its particular form. Secondly, the paper addresses the manner…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Higher Education, Educational Change, Socioeconomic Influences
