Higher Education, Social Class and Social Mobility

Ann-Marie Bathmaker is Professor of Vocational and Higher Education at the University of Birmingham, UK. Nicola Ingram is Lecturer in Education and Social Justice at Lancaster University, UK. Jessie Abrahams is a PhD student in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University, UK. Tony Hoare was Director of Research in Widening Participation, University of Bristol, UK, from 2006 till 2015.Richard Waller is Associate Professor of the Sociology of Education at the University of the West of England, UK. Harriet Bradley is Professor of Women’s Employment at the University of the West of England, UK and Professor Emerita at Bristol University, UK.

“Higher Education, Social Class and Social Mobility. The Degree Generation presents a fascinating account of an original and ambitious research project. While drawing on relevant theory, it is written in an accessible manner and engages closely with the policy context. As such, it deserves to be read widely – not only by those conducting research in this area but also by policymakers and all of us who work in higher education who have an interest in promoting social equality.” (Rachel Brooks, British Journal of Educational Studies, December 16, 2018)“This book is a welcome and very timely contribution to our understanding of the complex relationship between social mobility and higher education in England. … The Bourdieusian conceptual schema is a key theoretical underpinning of the book, with the research drawing extensively upon the concepts of habitus, capital and field.” (Andrew Morrison, International Studies in Sociology of Education, Vol. 26 (03), October, 2017)“Bathmaker et al. present a fascinating piece of scholarship. … this is an elegant read and a book that is thought provoking in all the right ways.” (Garth Stahl, International Studies in Sociology of Education, Vol. 26 (03), October, 2017)

• Chapter 1. Introduction: The Degree Generation. Higher Education and Social Class.- Chapter 2. Researching Class and Higher Education.- Chapter 3. Two Universities: One City.- Chapter 4. Getting In.- Chapter 5. Getting On.- Chapter 6. Getting Out.- Chapter 7. Narratives of Class and 'Race'.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.