‘So how was big school today?’ Family perceptions of HE participation

Sarah O'Shea, Josephine May, Cathy Stone, Janine Delahunty

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    Abstract

    O’Shea, May, Stone and Delahunty have indicated how attending university for first-in-family (FiF) students can lead to significant personal transformation but highlight how the embodied nature of this experience can remain hidden or overlooked in the literature. Equally, the effects that university participation has on those around the student remain unclear, particularly understandings about how their attendance impacts upon the perceptions and ambitions of significant others. This chapter seeks to explore the reactions of family members to this higher education (HE) odyssey, particularly how this decision reverberated within the household. Findings indicate that university participation does not only impact on students in an emotional and potentially transformative sense but also on those closest to them, leading to new conversations in the home place and in some cases, broader educational futures.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationFirst-in-Family students, university experience and family life
    Subtitle of host publicationMotivations, transitions and participation
    PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
    Chapter7
    Pages137-154
    Number of pages18
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Electronic)9781137582843
    ISBN (Print)9781137582836
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

    Publication series

    NameSpringer

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