Insights into the Higher Education Gender Gap: Findings from Focus Group Research in the East Midlan

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Insights into the Higher Education Gender Gap
Findings from Focus Group Research in the East
Midlands Neil Raven
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BiHE components Repository of good practice
(case studies) Piloting innovative projects
(nine across the region) Research
(practitioners, teachers and young people).
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• Content
• Methodology
• Perceptions of education, learning and HE
• Views on role models, interests, IAG received
• Advice for us
• Conclusions.

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• Findings perceptions of education, learning and
  HE
• What does education mean to you?
• What does learning mean to you?
• What does university mean to you?

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• Findings role models, interests, and educational
  and careers advice
• Who inspires you? Who do you look up to as a role
  model?
• What are your interests or hobbies?
• When you leave school, have you thought about
  what jobs and careers you would like to do?

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Findings advice for us Teachers, external
advisors, current students and ex-pupils The
nature of groups receiving this advice Other
sources of information.
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Conclusions the barriers Limited perceptions
Progressing to university is hard
work Relevance of university narrow range of
careers Need to be smart to go.
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Conclusions overcoming the barriers Positive
interpretations of learning Breadth of subjects
- align with interests Sport as a channel of
communication WP and Aimhigher practitioners
trained sources of advice and information
Web-based materials and small groups from same
year
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