Title:
Unheard: the voices of part-time adult learners
Author:
John Butcher
Published:
HEPI (Higher Education Policy Institute) Report Number 124, 6 February 2020
Focus:
"In this paper, John Butcher challenges policymakers and the English higher education sector to act urgently to address the decline in part-time higher education. Although the drop in part-time student numbers has been well-reported in a series of quantitative studies, the problem persists. The dramatic reduction in part-time learners disproportionately affects those disadvantaged adults with characteristics associated with widening participation.
This paper takes a different approach to the issue, drawing on qualitative data from interviews conducted with part-time learners to construct the story of the barriers, voiced in their own words."
To access this document:
https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2020/02/06/unheard-the-voices-of-part-time-adult-learners/