The discourse of widening participation and its critics: an institutional case study

This paper takes as its focus the contradictory discourse of widening participation (WP). We argue that given the conflicting accounts of WP it is highly unlikely that higher education staff will be able articulate a coherent definition of WP practice. We illustrate our thesis with an institutional...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jacqueline Stevenson, Sue Clegg, Ruth Lefever
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UCL Press 2010-06-01
Series:London Review of Education
Online Access:https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=bf1c0088-224a-4fe1-8f1b-0e3b3553c0fe