LTSE 2016: BBS
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Transcript of LTSE 2016: BBS
Dr Dan Herbert
Dr Nick Rowbottom
Reflections on an interview study
of ‘widening participation’
students
Motivation
– Most discussion – academic and political -
centres on access and/or achievement
– How do these students experience
University?
The Sample
UG Accounting and Finance at Birmingham
Access to Birmingham (A2B)
Normal factors – Family history and income
– School
– ‘Looked after’
Contextual offer after A2B module (ABB ‘A’ level) – Not hugely generous
Bursary if they meet ‘normal’ offer
The study
Semi-structured interviews
28 across all years and recent graduates
NVIVO analysis of transcripts
Ability
Getting a place isn’t enough;
“I guess, sort of like when people were like, “So
what did you get in your A-levels?” I didn’t really
want to say, because they were a bit like…
because [it is] a good uni, and people that come
here have really good grades, so it was a bit
like you don’t really want to openly admit it.”
Behaviours
And do you know, I think also people who live
out, when the day finishes for uni, they tend to
stick around a bit more and socialise, and I
think… I don’t know, this could be a pro and a
con, actually, but I just tend to… people who
live at home, they just… tend to go straight
home. Which is good, because you tend to
spend more time getting work done, but then
bad because you don’t socialise as much.
Identity
To be honest, I’m never really conscious of it,
but when I do… when the subject does come
up and I do actually state that I’m [a widening
participation student], then I do feel a bit… okay
maybe this isn’t the best choice of word, but
inferior in a way…I know that’s just… at the
same time I know that that’s not true, but you
can’t help but just feel like a bit like.
‘Normal’ A level
Live at Home
BTEC
A2B
Not to scale
A2B, living at
home with BTEC
qualification
A2B who made
‘normal’ A level offer