Leaving Early: International Perspectives on Working Class Students' Withdrawal

Colloquium at Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

held on Monday, June 28th, 2004

Introduction by Linda Dale of the Department for Education and Skills

Overview of project from the Institute for Access Studies by Dr Liz Thomas

Workshop Presentations (in Powerpoint)

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Rethinking 'working-class drop-out', Jocey Quinn, University of Exeter, UK

Is there no way to the top for working-class children?, Ulrich Heublein, HIS Higher Education Information System, Germany.

Social class, inequality and higher education in Ireland, Anne Carpenter, Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland.

Students' responses to leaving UK higher education, John Noble and Lorraine Casey, Staffordshire University

The importance of students' active participation in communication at colleges and universities and the possible impact on achievement, Renata Horvatek, University of Zagreb, Croatia.

Dropping out in Australia: young students from low socio-economic backgrounds and non-completion, Margaret Heagney, Monash University.

Working-class student drop-out trends in Canada: The Universite du Quebec Case, Sylvie Bonin, Universite du Quebec, Canada



Contributors' papers which formed the colloquium publication

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Dropping out in Australia: young students from low socio-economic backgrounds and non-completion, Margaret Heagney, Monash University.

Canada - Working-class student drop-out trends in Canada: The Universite du Quebec Case, Sylvie Bonin, Universite du Quebec, Canada

Croatia - The importance of students' active participation in communication at colleges and universities and the possible impact on achievement, Renata Horvatek, University of Zagreb, Croatia.

Germany - Is there no way to the top for working-class children?
Reasons why students from lower social groups drop out from their studies
Ulrich Heublein, HIS Higher Education Information System, Germany.

Ireland - Social class, inequality and higher education in Ireland, Anne Carpenter, Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland.

UK (1) - Rethinking 'working-class drop-out', Jocey Quinn, University of Exeter, UK

UK (2) - Students' responses to leaving UK higher education, John Noble, Staffordshire University


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