Event
TCELT research seminar - March 2023
Wednesday 8 March 2023
How higher education and social mobility, in relation to Socioeconomic status, is fraught with tension
The seminar reflects on empirical research to examine the relationship of habitus and choice as a way to analyse the complex decision-making processes and transitions of students identified as belonging to what could be classified as 'lower socioeconomic communities', 'under-represented' or the dominated, in relation to social mobility. In this seminar she will focus on:
(i) how HE and social mobility, in relation to socioeconomic status, is fraught with tension and
(ii) the complexities in applying to HE for young people from lower socioeconomic communities.
Presenter
Lindsay Michelle Schofield is an Assistant Professor at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU). Previous to joining UAEU she worked as a Senior Lecturer within the Department of Childhood, Youth and Education Studies for Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) in the UK.
You can access a biography and publications here:
- Faculty profile - United Arab Emirates University
- Research Gate
- DubaiMonsters - Academia
Latest article
Schofield, L., Takriti, R., & Atkinson, S. (in press). Higher Education, Social Mobility and Social Class: Importance of Habitus and Capitals when Analysing Student Choice and Transitions. International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions.