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

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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
Subjects:	FE VET Vocational education Women Learners Women Education (Higher) Aspirations Feminist Economics Austerity
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/65955/

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