John Knowles
The impact of the Art and Design Foundation Course on the subsequent choices and careers of art and design students.
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Address: Hull, Kingston upon Hull, City of, United Kingdom
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Address: Hull, Kingston upon Hull, City of, United Kingdom
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(Robertson & Hillman, 1997). Within this total, however, Metcalf (1997) found just 8% of young people from the two
lowest socio-economic groups entering HE, compared with 39% from the two highest. Although young people from semi/
unskilled backgrounds accounted for just 9% of HE entrants, they represented 19% of households in the 1991 census,
whereas young entrants from professional backgrounds took 62% of HE places but represented 39% of households.
In 1997 the new Labour government placed the attack on social exclusion and the widening of access to higher education
near the top of its social priorities, but at the same time it also abolished student maintenance grants and introduced a fee
payment contribution. This study investigates the impact of these changes on the application intentions of a sample of 185
pupils ending their first year in the sixth forms of three different centres.
The responses collected show the beginnings of a negative trend. Pupils from all backgrounds have concerns about the level of
debt, they all have concerns about the potential for social polarisation of institutions and of access to HE more generally, and
most feel their choice of university and course to be curtailed in some way. Of the students who were likely to apply for HE at
the beginning of Year 12, 40% felt they were less likely to apply at the end of the year. The impact appears to be greatest on
pupils from lower income backgrounds.
Far from improving access to higher education, these changes seem likely to add to the barriers already facing young people
from under-represented socio-economic groups.
(Robertson & Hillman, 1997). Within this total, however, Metcalf (1997) found just 8% of young people from the two
lowest socio-economic groups entering HE, compared with 39% from the two highest. Although young people from semi/
unskilled backgrounds accounted for just 9% of HE entrants, they represented 19% of households in the 1991 census,
whereas young entrants from professional backgrounds took 62% of HE places but represented 39% of households.
In 1997 the new Labour government placed the attack on social exclusion and the widening of access to higher education
near the top of its social priorities, but at the same time it also abolished student maintenance grants and introduced a fee
payment contribution. This study investigates the impact of these changes on the application intentions of a sample of 185
pupils ending their first year in the sixth forms of three different centres.
The responses collected show the beginnings of a negative trend. Pupils from all backgrounds have concerns about the level of
debt, they all have concerns about the potential for social polarisation of institutions and of access to HE more generally, and
most feel their choice of university and course to be curtailed in some way. Of the students who were likely to apply for HE at
the beginning of Year 12, 40% felt they were less likely to apply at the end of the year. The impact appears to be greatest on
pupils from lower income backgrounds.
Far from improving access to higher education, these changes seem likely to add to the barriers already facing young people
from under-represented socio-economic groups.