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Social Work Education
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Valuing Diversity and Widening Participation: The Experiences of Access to Social Work Students in Further and Higher Education

Pages 485-500 | Accepted 01 Mar 2004, Published online: 19 Aug 2006

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Hugh Busher & Nalita James. (2019) Struggling to become successful learners: Mature students’ early experiences of access to higher education courses. Studies in the Education of Adults 51:1, pages 74-88.
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Viviene Cree, Fiona Morrison, Gary Clapton, Susan Levy & Richard Ingram. (2018) Selecting social work students: lessons from research in Scotland. Social Work Education 37:4, pages 490-506.
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Nalita James, Hugh Busher & Beth Suttill. (2016) ‘We all know why we’re here’: Learning as a community of practice on Access to HE courses. Journal of Further and Higher Education 40:6, pages 765-779.
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Hugh Busher, Nalita James & Anna Piela. (2015) ‘I always wanted to do second chance learning’: identities and experiences of tutors on Access to Higher Education courses. Research in Post-Compulsory Education 20:2, pages 127-139.
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Nalita James, Hugh Busher & Beth Suttill. (2015) Using habitus and field to explore Access to Higher Education students' learning identities. Studies in the Education of Adults 47:1, pages 4-20.
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Hugh Busher, Nalita James, Anna Piela & Anna-Marie Palmer. (2014) Transforming marginalised adult learners’ views of themselves: Access to Higher Education courses in England. British Journal of Sociology of Education 35:5, pages 800-817.
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Alison Higgs. (2012) e-Learning, Ethics and ‘Non-traditional’ Students: Space to Think Aloud. Ethics and Social Welfare 6:4, pages 386-402.
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Jill Manthorpe, Jess Harris & Shereen Hussein. (2012) Employers' Experiences and Views of Grow Your Own Social Work Programmes: A Qualitative Interview Study. Social Work Education 31:5, pages 637-650.
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Jean Gordon, Christina Miller, Sue Dumbleton, Timothy B. Kelly & Jane Aldgate. (2011) A Smooth Transition? Students' Experiences of Credit Transfer into a Social Work Degree in Scotland. Social Work Education 30:1, pages 55-69.
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Jo Moriarty, Jill Manthorpe, Bharat Chauhan, Gwynne Jones, Helen Wenman & Shereen Hussein. (2009) ‘Hanging on a Little Thin Line’: Barriers to Progression and Retention in Social Work Education. Social Work Education 28:4, pages 363-379.
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RandallE. Basham & F. Robert Buchanan. (2009) A SURVEY COMPARISON OF CAREER MOTIVATIONS OF SOCIAL WORK AND BUSINESS STUDENTS. Journal of Social Work Education 45:2, pages 187-208.
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Cath Holmström & Imogen Taylor. (2008) Mapping the Terrain of Selection for Social Work: A Critical Analysis of Policy, Theory and Research. Social Work Education 27:5, pages 519-535.
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Paul McGivern & Jack Shepherd. (2022) The impact of COVID-19 on UK university students: Understanding the interconnection of issues experienced during lockdown. Power and Education 14:3, pages 218-227.
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Tamsin Hinton-Smith. 2012. Widening Participation in Higher Education. Widening Participation in Higher Education 108 126 .
Tamsin Hinton-Smith. 2012. Widening Participation in Higher Education. Widening Participation in Higher Education 3 21 .
J. Dillon. (2011) Black Minority Ethnic Students Navigating their Way from Access Courses to Social Work Programmes: Key Considerations for the Selection of Students. British Journal of Social Work 41:8, pages 1477-1496.
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Jenny Peddar & Cher Brazier. (2011) Improving outcomes for ‘failing’ students through the use of presentations. The Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning 11:1, pages 80-88.
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Jean Gordon, Sue Dumbleton & Christina Miller. (2010) ‘We thought we would be the dunces’ - From a vocational qualification to a social work degree: an example of widening participation in social work education. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning 12:1, pages 169-184.
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Trish Hafford‐Letchfield. (2007) Factors affecting the retention of learners following the degree in social work at a university in the south‐east of England. Learning in Health and Social Care 6:3, pages 170-184.
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F. Robert Buchanan, Kong‐Hee Kim & Randall Basham. (2007) Career orientations of business master's students as compared to social work students. Career Development International 12:3, pages 282-303.
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