Franziska Lessky (Université d’Oxford, Université d’Innsbruck) : Unpacking inequities in higher education access and persistence: Illuminating lived experiences of first-generation students

Lundi 30 mars à 14h30 en salle du Conseil

Résumé du séminaire :

Globally, university students, particularly those from under-represented groups, continue to be less likely to attend higher education and are also at greater risk of early departure than their more privileged peers. For first-generation or first-in-family (FIF) students, the decision to attend university is rarely straightforward and may mark a radical departure from an expected biography or trajectory. Identifying the reasons why students attend and how they persist at university remains an enigma across higher education settings. This talk will report on two studies conducted across Australia, Austria, Ireland and the UK that considered why and how first-generation learners break intergenerational cycles of educational attainment and how they persist in what can often be an alien and complex university environment.