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Masculinity, Subjectivity and Neoliberalism in Men's Accounts of Migration and Higher Educational Participation
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Burke, Penny Jane – Gender and Education, 2011
In this article, I explore men's educational experiences and aspirations in the context of UK policy discourses of widening participation and migration. Critiquing discourses that oversimplify gendered access to higher education, I develop an analysis of the impact of masculine subjectivities on processes of subjective construction in relation to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Migration, Educational Experience, Males
Men Accessing Higher Education: Theorizing Continuity and Change in Relation to Masculine Subjectivities
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Burke, Penny Jane – Higher Education Policy, 2009
I explore the question of men's participation in higher education (HE) in relation to shifting, discursive and intersecting masculine subjectivities by drawing on qualitative interviews with men participating in HE. The paper contributes to a sociological understanding of the impact of masculine subjectivities on higher educational participation…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Biographies, Males, Masculinity
Men Accessing Education: Gendered Aspirations
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Burke, Penny Jane – British Educational Research Journal, 2006
Raising aspirations has been identified as a key strategy for widening educational participation in lifelong learning policy. This article deconstructs the hegemonic discourse of raising aspirations through Economic and Social Research Council-funded research on men, masculinities and higher educational access and participation.The article…
Descriptors: Males, Lifelong Learning, Academic Aspiration, Higher Education