Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Working-class academics are still struggling to fit in at university

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par Iona Burnell Reilly, Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Education, University of East London
Jackie Carter, Professor Emeritus in Statistical Literacy, University of Manchester

Higher education is not a neutral space. It is built on longstanding histories of classism, elitism and exclusion. Universities in the UK were not designed for the working class, just as they were not designed for many other under-represented and marginalised groups, such as women, people of the global ethnic majority and people with disabilities.

Widening participation has expanded access to students from under-represented…

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