2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'Higher education (HE) is regarded as a pathway to upward social mobility
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for those from lower socio-economic backgrounds. Social mobility is
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itself seen as important both for individual and national prosperity and
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is a key driver of government funding for HE. While access to HE has
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substantially increased over the past number of years, the evidence
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suggests that social inequalities continue to be reproduced, with
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working-class students more frequently accessing lower status
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institutions and courses. This in turn can impact negatively on their
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labour market outcomes. This paper offers a critical appraisal on the
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employability discourse. Drawing on a survey of 268 distance graduates
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from an Irish university, together with 5 individual interviews,
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findings indicate that distance graduates are likely to be from lower
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socio-economic backgrounds and have delayed participation in university
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education for reasons relating to social class. Although mostly in
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employment, they are motivated to participate in HE by their concerns
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regarding their long-term employability. The literature identifies that
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our employability is something we negotiate with others. This paper
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posits that, for distance graduates, in addition to this process of
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convincing others, the graduate must also convince themselves of the
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value of their own achievement. Transitioning to graduate employment,
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and developing a graduate identity, can therefore be a slow internal and
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external process of negotiation.'
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affiliation: 'Delaney, L (Corresponding Author), Dublin City Univ, Natl Inst Digital
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Learning, Dublin, Ireland.
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Delaney, Lorraine, Dublin City Univ, Natl Inst Digital Learning, Dublin, Ireland.
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Farren, Margaret, Dublin City Univ, Sch Educ Studies, Dublin, Ireland.'
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author: Delaney, Lorraine and Farren, Margaret
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author-email: lorraine.delaney@dcu.ie
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author_list:
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- family: Delaney
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given: Lorraine
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- family: Farren
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given: Margaret
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1080/02680513.2016.1208553
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eissn: 1469-9958
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files: []
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issn: 0268-0513
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journal: OPEN LEARNING
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keywords: Graduates; employability; higher education; class; part-time
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keywords-plus: HIGHER-EDUCATION; WIDENING PARTICIPATION; STUDENTS; MOBILITY
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language: English
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number: '3'
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number-of-cited-references: '48'
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pages: 194-208
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papis_id: 688b95191589bee745f751555b41ba2a
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ref: Delaney2016noself
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times-cited: '7'
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title: 'No `self'' left behind? Part-time distance learning university graduates:
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social class, graduate identity and employability'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000391220500002
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '11'
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volume: '31'
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web-of-science-categories: Education \& Educational Research
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year: '2016'
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