- Title
- Capability, belonging and equity in higher education: developing inclusive approaches
- Creator
- Burke, Penny Jane; Bennett, Anna; Burgess, Cathy; Gray, Kim; Southgate, Erica
- Relation
- https://www.newcastle.edu.au/research-and-innovation/centre/ceehe/publications
- Relation
- https://www.equityhe.com/
- Publisher
- University of Newcastle
- Resource Type
- report
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- This project makes a unique contribution to understanding the more subtle dimensions of equity in higher education by examining constructions of ‘capability’ and experiences of ‘belonging’. Student equity in higher education is framed by constructions of capability that imply that intelligence, potential and ability is innate. The assumption that underpins many national widening participation agendas, namely that all students with the potential to benefit from higher education should have fair access to higher education regardless of social background, is problematic (Archer & Leathwood 2003). The problem rests in the suggestion that ‘potential’ to benefit from higher education is an attribute that can be straightforwardly identified in order to ensure fair access. It also implies that potential to benefit from higher education is about natural talent, ability and/or intelligence and is detached from social, cultural and educational dis/advantage and inequalities (Morley & Lugg 2009, p. 41).
- Subject
- higher education; equity; social disadvantages; cultural advantages; cultural disadvantages; educational advantages; educational disadvantages; inequalities; capability; belonging; student equity; students; social backgrounds; talent; intelligence; social advantages; Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1389852
- Identifier
- uon:32939
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780994538116
- Language
- eng
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