Differences in education and employment inequalities based on the social and cultural environments of universities
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Paper/Presentation Title | Differences in education and employment inequalities based on the social and cultural environments of universities |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Hosein, Anesa, Balloo, Kieran, Byrom, Nicola and Essau, Cecilia A. |
Number of Pages | 3 |
Year | 2022 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://srhe.ac.uk/arc/22/0100.pdf |
Web Address (URL) of Conference Proceedings | https://srhe.ac.uk/arc-paper-archive/ |
Conference/Event | Society for Research into Higher Education International Research (SRHE) Conference 2022 |
Event Details | Society for Research into Higher Education International Research (SRHE) Conference 2022 Delivery Online Event Date 05 to end of 09 Dec 2022 Event Description About the SRHE Conference The SRHE International Research Conference attracts wide participation from researchers globally. It provides a stimulating international forum for papers of an empirical or scholarly nature relating to research into higher education, in the broadest sense, and from a breadth of different disciplinary perspectives. The conference is highly participative, promoting the dissemination and exchange of ideas in a variety of formats, across a range of research domains. Event Web Address (URL) |
Abstract | Despite many years of successful widening participation initiatives, equity gaps in education and employment outcomes persist. Societal systems of oppression and marginalisation mean that individuals are treated differently based on their social characteristics, but it is not clear whether inequalities in graduate outcomes are also influenced by the environment of the university attended. Drawing on life course theory, we investigated this further. Using national university statistics data, we clustered universities with similar social and cultural environments into profiles. We then linked these environmental profiles with a longitudinal cohort data set to determine whether different university environments might predict differences in education and employment outcomes. The results indicated that associations between young people’s social characteristics and their outcomes are not uniform across all universities; they appear to be dependent on their university environment. This research emphasises a need for new policies that address education and employment inequalities within certain universities. |
Keywords | higher education; social; cultural environments |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390303. Higher education |
380204. Panel data analysis | |
350502. Employment equity and diversity | |
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Byline Affiliations | University of Surrey, United Kingdom |
UniSQ College (Pathways) | |
King's College London, United Kingdom | |
University of Roehampton, United Kingdom |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q9vvz/differences-in-education-and-employment-inequalities-based-on-the-social-and-cultural-environments-of-universities
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