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Bovill, Helen; Harrison, Neil; Smith, Hilary; Bennett, Viki; McKenzie, Liz – Research Papers in Education, 2021
This paper draws upon questionnaire data from 126 mature, female alumni students and interviews with a subset of 20 participants who completed education foundation degrees in three English universities in the South West. Three illustrative cases from interviews are chosen representing three models of progression: 'success', 'version of success',…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Females, Teacher Shortage, Foreign Countries
Ward, Jane – Adults Learning, 2011
With women bearing a disproportionate share of economic hardship, their poor representation on training designed to tackle barriers to work is a critical concern. The author asks what can be done to improve women's access to this sort of learning. As the underrecruitment of women to ESF pre-employment programmes demonstrates, the author suggests…
Descriptors: Females, Employed Women, Access to Education, Job Skills