Professor of Higher Education and Fellow of Linacre College, University of Oxford | Editor, British Journal of Sociology of Education
Rachel Brooks
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Conducting sociological research on students and politics?
Then do submit an abstract for our special issue of @bjse.bsky.social - deadline 1st Feb, and details below
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
What happens when intensive forms of parenting extend into young adulthood?
@juliacook.bsky.social @drdanwoodman.bsky.social @rachelbrooks.bsky.social take a look at intergenerational support, independence and the risk of downward mobility.
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💬 Lead author, @rachelbrooks.bsky.social, said: “While, for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, higher education does lead to improved outcomes relative to non-graduate peers, family background continues to exert significant influence."
The report was published by @suttontrust.bsky.social
📣 New report: Despite efforts to widen access to higher education, social mobility is flatlining or declining across wealthier countries
Students whose parents did not attend university remain 45% less likely to reach the top earnings quintile than those with graduate parents.
➡️ bit.ly/4oE8YSK
We are guest-editing a special issue of @bjse.bsky.social on Students and Politics
If you’d like to be part of it, do submit your abstract by 1st Feb - details below
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
@rilleraaper.bsky.social @education.ox.ac.uk
🔈New research: Despite significant efforts to widen access to higher education, social mobility is flatlining or declining across wealthier countries.
In the UK and US, university is still the dominant route to higher earnings from less advantaged backgrounds.
Read more ⬇️
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Great to see our Students and Politics project featured in Oxford’s Department of Education! @education.ox.ac.uk
Do have a read….
@rachelbrooks.bsky.social @rilleraaper.bsky.social
We enjoyed talking about our Students and Politics project at the annual poster conference of Oxford’s Department of Education @education.ox.ac.uk yesterday!
Many thanks to Franziska Lessky for designing our poster!
@rachelbrooks.bsky.social @rilleraaper.bsky.social
@rachelbrooks.bsky.social: “Despite a lot of policy activity, HE has not led to widespread increases in social mobility. While, for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, HE does lead to improved outcomes relative to non-graduate peers, family background continues to exert significant influence.
"Our research points to some important messages from the Turing/Taith experience(s) that the Erasmus programme may do well to heed."
✍️ @rachelbrooks.bsky.social on student mobility after Brexit and the lessons to be learned as the UK rejoins the EU's Erasmus scheme
🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/student-mobi...
