Nicola Ingram: 2 books
Higher Education, Social Class and Social Mobility
The Degree Generation
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2016
This book explores higher education, social class and social mobility from the point of view of those most intimately involved: the undergraduate students. It is based on a project which followed a cohort of young undergraduate students at Bristol's two universities in the UK through from their first...
Working-Class Boys and Educational Success
Teenage Identities, Masculinities and Urban Schooling
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
This book examines the complex relationship between working-class masculinities and educational success. Drawing on a small sample of young men attending either a selective grammar or a secondary school in the same urban area of Belfast, the author demonstrates that contrary to popular belief, some...