| Foreword Dianne Willcocks CBE, DL | ix | |
| About the Contributors | xxi | |
| 1 Access to Success and Social Mobility through Higher Education: A Curate’s Egg? Stuart Billingham | 1 | |
| Section A Aspects of the Contemporary Access Debate | ||
| 2 Access to the Elite Emilie Sundorph, Danail Vasilev and Louis Coiffait | 21 | |
| 3 Access to Higher Education in South Africa Clara Gwatirera | 35 | |
| 4 Learning Through Life Revisited: The Role of Policy in Enhancing Social Mobility through Access to Part-time Study Liz Marr and John Butcher | 51 | |
| 5 Increasing Access to Tertiary and Higher Education in Rural Communities: Experiences from Tasmania and New Zealand Margaret Noble and Jessica Grant | 67 | |
| Section B Focussing on Student Success and Social Mobility | ||
| 6 What Can Social Capital Contribute to Student Success in Higher Education? Perspectives from Students and Institutions Helen May and Mark Jones | 85 | |
| 7 ‘So You Want to Be an Academic?’ The Experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Undergraduates in a UK Creative Arts University Siobhan Clay | 99 | |
| 8 Students’ Views of Tertiary Education as ‘Access to Success’: A Case Study of a Multicultural College in Israel Bruria Schaedel | 115 | |
| 9 Collective Responsibility and Collaborative Action: Universities and Employers in Pursuit of Social Mobility Nik Miller | 131 | |
| Section C Innovations in Access to Success | ||
| 10 Students Not Patients: Opening Up the University to Those with Mental Health Problems Simon Newton and Nick Rowe | 147 | |
| 11 Service Learning and Academic Activism: A Review, Prospects and a Time for Revival? Tony Wall, Dwight E. Giles, Jr and Tim Stanton | 163 | |
| 12 Warming a Higher Education Cold Spot: The Case of Coventry University in Scarborough Craig Gaskell and Ian Dunn | 177 | |
| 13 A Teacher´s Experience of the Transformative Pedagogic Effect of Part-time Degree Study Gerard Sharpling and Neil Murray | 191 | |
| Section D Access to Success and Social Mobility: Thinking Big | ||
| 14 Access to Success and Social Mobility Involves Everyone! A Whole Institution Approach to Widening Participation Liz Thomas | 209 | |
| 15 Advocating for Access: World Access to Higher Education Day and Beyond Graeme Atherton | 225 | |
| Index | 237 | |
| Foreword | ix | |
| About the Contributors | xxi | |
| 1 Access to Success and Social Mobility through Higher Education: A Curate’s Egg? | 1 | |
| Section A Aspects of the Contemporary Access Debate | ||
| 2 Access to the Elite | 21 | |
| 3 Access to Higher Education in South Africa | 35 | |
| 4 Learning Through Life Revisited: The Role of Policy in Enhancing Social Mobility through Access to Part-time Study | 51 | |
| 5 Increasing Access to Tertiary and Higher Education in Rural Communities: Experiences from Tasmania and New Zealand | 67 | |
| Section B Focussing on Student Success and Social Mobility | ||
| 6 What Can Social Capital Contribute to Student Success in Higher Education? Perspectives from Students and Institutions | 85 | |
| 7 ‘So You Want to Be an Academic?’ The Experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Undergraduates in a UK Creative Arts University | 99 | |
| 8 Students’ Views of Tertiary Education as ‘Access to Success’: A Case Study of a Multicultural College in Israel | 115 | |
| 9 Collective Responsibility and Collaborative Action: Universities and Employers in Pursuit of Social Mobility | 131 | |
| Section C Innovations in Access to Success | ||
| 10 Students Not Patients: Opening Up the University to Those with Mental Health Problems | 147 | |
| 11 Service Learning and Academic Activism: A Review, Prospects and a Time for Revival? | 163 | |
| 12 Warming a Higher Education Cold Spot: The Case of Coventry University in Scarborough | 177 | |
| 13 A Teacher´s Experience of the Transformative Pedagogic Effect of Part-time Degree Study | 191 | |
| Section D Access to Success and Social Mobility: Thinking Big | ||
| 14 Access to Success and Social Mobility Involves Everyone! A Whole Institution Approach to Widening Participation | 209 | |
| 15 Advocating for Access: World Access to Higher Education Day and Beyond | 225 | |
| Index | 237 | |
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