Living and studying at home : degrees of inequality

Traditionally, the most socially and academically selective UK universities expected students to move from the family home to the institution during term time. More recently, there has been a growing trend for students to live at home and commute to university, with the proportion commuting driven i...

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Main Authors Riddell, Shelia (Author), Tett, Lyn (Author), Christie, Hazel (Author), King, Rachael (Author), Shan, Sofia (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.
SeriesGreat debates in higher education.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781835495001
DOI10.1108/9781835494981
Physical Description1 online resource (200 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Literature review and methodology
  • Chapter 3. The social characteristics of commuter students: Survey findings
  • Chapter 4. Socio-economic status and students' daily lives
  • Chapter 5. The experiences of mature students
  • Chapter 6. The experiences of black and minority ethnic students
  • Chapter 7. The experiences of commuter students who are disabled
  • Chapter 8. Degrees of inequality.