Social Mobility in the UK's Higher Education Sector: A Critical Review

Jamie Halsall; Elizabeth Caldwell

doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-7706-6.ch093

Social Mobility in the UK's Higher Education Sector: A Critical Review

Jamie Halsall, Elizabeth Caldwell

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Social mobility is at the forefront of the British Government’s plans to improve the lives of the most deprived groups in society. Since the election of the New Labour government in May 1997, consecutive governments have championed the concept of social mobility. The fundamental aim of social mobility is to tackle social barriers for disadvantaged groups in education and employment. However, within the social sciences there has been a lack of critical discussion regarding the theorisation of social mobility within the context of higher education (HE). In recent times higher education research has instead had a greater focus on pedagogy. The aim of this review is to critically explore past and current debates on social mobility, and the importance the concept has in the higher education sector. In this paper special reference will be made to the new UK government higher education policy on the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Research Anthology on Instilling Social Justice in the Classroom
Editors	Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, Steve Clarke, Murray E. Jennex, Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, Sherif Kamel, In Lee, Jerzy Kisielnicki, Amar Gupta, Craig van Slyke, John Wang, Vishanth Weerakkody
Publisher	The Information Resources Management Association (IRMA)
Chapter	93
Pages	1662-1673
Number of pages	12
Volume	3 of 3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781799877509
ISBN (Print)	9781799877066, 179987706X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7706-6.ch093
Publication status	Published - 27 Nov 2020

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Halsall, J., & Caldwell, E. (2020). Social Mobility in the UK's Higher Education Sector: A Critical Review. In M. Khosrow-Pour, S. Clarke, M. E. Jennex, A-V. Anttiroiko, S. Kamel, I. Lee, J. Kisielnicki, A. Gupta, C. van Slyke, J. Wang, & V. Weerakkody (Eds.), Research Anthology on Instilling Social Justice in the Classroom (Vol. 3 of 3, pp. 1662-1673). The Information Resources Management Association (IRMA). https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7706-6.ch093

Halsall, Jamie ; Caldwell, Elizabeth. / Social Mobility in the UK's Higher Education Sector : A Critical Review. Research Anthology on Instilling Social Justice in the Classroom. editor / Mehdi Khosrow-Pour ; Steve Clarke ; Murray E. Jennex ; Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko ; Sherif Kamel ; In Lee ; Jerzy Kisielnicki ; Amar Gupta ; Craig van Slyke ; John Wang ; Vishanth Weerakkody. Vol. 3 of 3 The Information Resources Management Association (IRMA), 2020. pp. 1662-1673

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Halsall, J & Caldwell, E 2020, Social Mobility in the UK's Higher Education Sector: A Critical Review. in M Khosrow-Pour, S Clarke, ME Jennex, A-V Anttiroiko, S Kamel, I Lee, J Kisielnicki, A Gupta, C van Slyke, J Wang & V Weerakkody (eds), Research Anthology on Instilling Social Justice in the Classroom. vol. 3 of 3, The Information Resources Management Association (IRMA), pp. 1662-1673. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7706-6.ch093

Social Mobility in the UK's Higher Education Sector : A Critical Review. / Halsall, Jamie; Caldwell, Elizabeth.

Research Anthology on Instilling Social Justice in the Classroom. ed. / Mehdi Khosrow-Pour; Steve Clarke; Murray E. Jennex; Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko; Sherif Kamel; In Lee; Jerzy Kisielnicki; Amar Gupta; Craig van Slyke; John Wang; Vishanth Weerakkody. Vol. 3 of 3 The Information Resources Management Association (IRMA), 2020. p. 1662-1673.

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Halsall J, Caldwell E. Social Mobility in the UK's Higher Education Sector: A Critical Review. In Khosrow-Pour M, Clarke S, Jennex ME, Anttiroiko A-V, Kamel S, Lee I, Kisielnicki J, Gupta A, van Slyke C, Wang J, Weerakkody V, editors, Research Anthology on Instilling Social Justice in the Classroom. Vol. 3 of 3. The Information Resources Management Association (IRMA). 2020. p. 1662-1673 doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7706-6.ch093

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