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The Role of Higher Education in Providing Opportunities for South Asian Women

Paul BagguleyYasmin Hussain

出版	Policy Press, 2007
主題	Education / Schools / Levels / HigherEducation / Student Life & Student AffairsPolitical Science / Public Policy / GeneralSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / GeneralSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / Asian StudiesSocial Science / Minority StudiesSocial Science / Women's StudiesSocial Science / Discrimination
ISBN	18613497349781861349736
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=SPmeAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Although South Asian women are one of the most socially excluded groups in the UK, their numbers at university have increased rapidly in recent years. This report seeks to understand why they are entering university in larger numbers and the impact of this on their lives."The role of higher education in providing opportunities for South Asian women" explores the experiences of Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani women at university. It considers the role of families in shaping choices about local universities and which A-levels and degree subjects to study; vbTab]how community expectations about marriage interact with plans for university; the financial strategies of South Asian women students for funding their education; experiences of racism and Islamophobia inside and outside education and the diversity of the experiences of education among South Asian women, in terms of class, ethnicity and religion.The report is aimed at policy communities and academics with an interest in education, ethnicity and gender. It contains new findings relevant to diversity, equality and widening participation in universities.