Friday, 22 April 2016 |
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Higher education institutions have a complex and, at times inconsistent relationship with students' families: whilst substantial effort is put in to working with families as part of widening participation outreach activity, HEIs' connection with students' families invariably ends at the point students enrol. In reality, however, many students (such as students with disabilities or 'first in family' students) bring with them different forms of family capital, which are often overlooked, misrecognised or unacknowledged. In contrast estranged students have little or no contact with their family, whilst student parents have to manage the complexities of being a student at the same time as managing family life. Each of these different groups face unique challenges which they are required to negotiate in order to be successful as students. This seminar brings together academics and practitioners to problematise how institutions conceptualise family, explore how this (mis)conceptualisation may inform institutional valorisation of different forms of capital, and posit new ways of thinking about family and capital.
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Network: Access and Widening Participation | ||||||||||||||||||
Date(s): Friday, 22 April 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
Times: 10.00-16.15 | ||||||||||||||||||
Location: SRHE, 73 Collier St, London N1 9BE | ||||||||||||||||||
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Narratives of students with dyslexia: Narratives of students with dyslexia: the importance of family Angela Murphy, Leeds Beckett University |
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We are family’? Academic cultures and student parents We are family’? Academic cultures and student parents Dr Marie-Pierre Moreau, University of Roehampton |
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Recognising Students Who Care for Children Recognising Students Who Care for Children Sam Dent, Sheffield Hallam University |
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