Aspirations, austerity and agency: adult women learners in the English FE sector and the capacity to aspire in an austerity context

The Kennedy review (1997) prompted a dramatic rise in the number of adult women learners in Further Education (FE), which at its peak reached almost 3 million. However, a narrowing of policy goals and austerity cuts over the past fifteen years have seen this figure plummet by more than half. In the...

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Main Author: Suart, Rebecca Mary
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/65955/