The part-time student's experience 1996-2007: An issue of identity and marginalisation?

Williams, James J. and Kane, David (2010) The part-time student's experience 1996-2007: An issue of identity and marginalisation? Tertiary Education and Management, 16 (3). pp. 183-209. ISSN 13583883 (ISSN)

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Abstract

Part-time study is one of the foci of the widening participation agenda in the UK. The experiences of part-time students, however, have received remarkably little attention from scholars, especially in a comparative context. This paper explores existing historical data going back over a decade to identify the main themes of part-time experience at a number of UK higher education institutions and how it compares and contrasts with the full-time experience. The surveys use the Student Satisfaction Approach. The main themes emerging from institutional survey data over time are the work/family/study balance, assessment and feedback, access to learning and catering resources, and students' financial situation. There is sometimes a question of identity, but unlike many studies of part-time student experience, which focus on aspects of disadvantage, social, and cultural capital, the data for this paper indicate that many part-time students have a sense of themselves as being ignored or at worst marginalised in contemporary higher education. © 2010 European Higher Education Society.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1080/13583883.2010.497342
Dates:	Date Event 23 August 2010 Published Online
Subjects:	CAH22 - education and teaching > CAH22-01 - education and teaching > CAH22-01-01 - education
Divisions:	Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences > Centre for Study of Practice and Culture in Education (C-SPACE)
Depositing User:	Yasser Nawaz
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2017 14:10
Last Modified:	03 Mar 2022 17:01
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/2813

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