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