Further reading
Alexander, C., and Arday, J. Aiming higher: Race, inequality and diversity in the academy. Runnymede
Archer, L. Hutchings, M., and Ross, A. (2003) Higher education and social class: Issues of inclusion and exclusion. London: Routledge
Bathmaker, A-M et al. (2016) Higher education, social class and social mobility: the degree generation. London: Palgrave Macmillan
Bolivar, V. (2011) Expansion, differentiation and the persistence of social class inequalities in UK higher education. Higher Education. 61:3
Chowdry, Haroon et al. (2010) Widening participation in higher education: analysis using linked administrative data. Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Clarke, S., Mountford-Zimders, A., and Francis, B. (2015) Risk, choice and social disadvantage: Young people’s decision-making in a marketised higher education system. Sociological Research Online. 20:9
Crawford, C. (2014) Socio-economic differences in university outcomes in the UK: drop-out, degree completion and degree class. Institute for Fiscal Studies
Crawford, C. (2014) The link between secondary school characteristics and university participation and outcomes. Department for Education
Exley, D. (2019) The end of aspiration: Social mobility and our children’s fading prospects. Bristol: Policy Press
Gamsu, S. (2015) The logic of the ladder: elite widening participation and the implicit ‘scholarship boy’ discourse which never went away
McKnight, Abigail. (2015) Downward mobility, opportunity hoarding and the ‘class floor’. Social Mobility Commission
Mountford-Zimders, Anna et al. (2015) Causes of differences in student outcomes. Report to HEFCE
Purcell, K. et al. (2012) Futuretrack Stage 4: Transitions into employment, further study and other outcomes. Institute of Employment Research.
Russell Group. (2020) Pathways for potential: How universities, regulators and Government can tackle educational inequality
Sutton Trust. (2008) Wasted talent? Attrition rates of high-achieving pupils between school and university
Waller, R et al. (2014) Widening participation, social mobility and the role of universities in a globalized world. International Journal of Lifelong Education. 33:6
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